I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook. Page 254: "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from the comet- it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 visible in North America." That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook. I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR.
Thanks for posting this Chuck. I've added the event to my calendar. If the proposed star party schedule is approved at next month's meeting there will be a star party in SLC the evening before and one at SPOC the evening after. Chance are I'll head straight from the ATS that's sure to follow the SLC star party to some place dark. Here, BTW, is the IMO's 2014 calendar. It has a bit more data on the possible shower near the top of the "April to June" section: http://www.imo.net/calendar/2014 patrick On 31 Dec 2013, at 21:45, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook.
Page 254: "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from the comet- it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 visible in North America."
That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook.
I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR.
I'll have to try out my Rokinon Fisheye alongside you Chuck! Maybe we should organize a astrophoto party... On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 10:00 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote: Thanks for posting this Chuck. I've added the event to my calendar. If the proposed star party schedule is approved at next month's meeting there will be a star party in SLC the evening before and one at SPOC the evening after. Chance are I'll head straight from the ATS that's sure to follow the SLC star party to some place dark. Here, BTW, is the IMO's 2014 calendar. It has a bit more data on the possible shower near the top of the "April to June" section: http://www.imo.net/calendar/2014 patrick On 31 Dec 2013, at 21:45, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook.
Page 254: "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from the comet- it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 visible in North America."
That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook.
I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR.
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Not a bad idea, Howard. We'd want fairly dark skies, I'm thinking Lakeside. It's pretty dark and only an hour from home for me. I won't be taking any super-long exposures with the DSLR so skies dark enough for wide-angle shots of 5 minutes or less would be sufficient for a meteor shower. There are also two total lunar eclipses this year visible from North America. I haven't had a chance to check the SLAS star-party schedule, I wonder if anything has been scheduled around those? On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll have to try out my Rokinon Fisheye alongside you Chuck! Maybe we should organize a astrophoto party...
Lakeside sounds like a good place to me, I've shot two lunar eclipses before, but both were a cloudy so my images are less than spectacular, I hope this year I'll be able to redeem myself a bit. On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 1:10 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: Not a bad idea, Howard. We'd want fairly dark skies, I'm thinking Lakeside. It's pretty dark and only an hour from home for me. I won't be taking any super-long exposures with the DSLR so skies dark enough for wide-angle shots of 5 minutes or less would be sufficient for a meteor shower. There are also two total lunar eclipses this year visible from North America. I haven't had a chance to check the SLAS star-party schedule, I wonder if anything has been scheduled around those? On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll have to try out my Rokinon Fisheye alongside you Chuck! Maybe we should organize a astrophoto party...
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Maybe 2014 is the year for "Binopalooza 2". Been at least a dozen years since the first one. I'm ready for another. On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Howard Jackman <sumoetx@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lakeside sounds like a good place to me, I've shot two lunar eclipses before, but both were a cloudy so my images are less than spectacular, I hope this year I'll be able to redeem myself a bit.
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