Bolide Over The Okie-Tex Star Party
Spectacular meteor over the star party on Tuesday morning!
David Wang captured the same meteor using a fisheye lens. See the Okie-Tex photo page for that image.
Click image (or here) for larger version (1440 x 1169, 420kb).
| Photograph Information | |
|---|---|
| Date | 09.30.2008, 02:19 CDT |
| Location | Kenton, OK |
| Camera | Canon 20D, Tokina 12-24 lens set for 12mm @f4. |
| Exposure | Single 30 second exposure at ISO 1600 |
| Notes | 50°F, 75%RH, Excellent transparency Initial RAW conversion, slight asinh stretch in IRIS. Calibrated with bias, dark and flat frames. Noise reduction in PixInsight LE 1.02 Additional adjustments in Photoshop CS2 |
Sunday evening view of the observing field from the hillside camera location. The tripod is leveled and weighted down.
The photograph represents a similar field of view seen by the camera when mounted in the box. Click image for larger view.
