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A most unimpressive display of Geminids last night - coupled with rubbish conditions (high cloud/fog/mist). Managed to capture 2 Geminids on 54 frames taken. The two bright stars are Castor and Pollux in Gemini:



Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Nice that you saw some at all. By the time I got round to it, it had clouded over. No chance.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

Conditions were certainly very poor - I suppose they would have to be as it would have otherwise been perfect with no Moon about
Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Surprisingly, there aren't any clouds here right now or last night. The cold feels like it's starting to burn my fingers away though... Global warming needs to step up a gear.

Seen quite a few already and 2 or 3 rather long one.
I tried to photograph them but staying outside longer for 30 minutes is impossible and there is no option to make my compact shoot continuously.

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Yep it was sub-zero when I took the Geminid pictures, but just above zero in the fibreglass dome - so I didn't need to use the hairdryer on the Canon 40D which was great. I don't think the batteries lasted as long as on a warm day however
Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Hey Prof.... saw this picture of yours on Tuesday's BBC South Today, the presenter pointed out the two bright stars rather than the two geminids.

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Roy
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Hi Roy,

Yes that's standard I'm afraid She phoned me up earlier in the day to discuss but clearly didn't understand a word I said, this is not unusual with the media. EVERY article that's ever been put out has had at least one mistake in it - in the end you just accept it.

Greg

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Nexstar 11 GPS, 2 x Sky 90, M25C, MaximDL, Photshop CS3, Noel Carboni's Photoshop actions, 7 foot Pulsar fibreglass dome, Canon 40D, 100mm macro lens, 28-200mm zoom lens, 17-55mm f#2.8 zoom lens, 100-400mm zoom lens, 1.4x converter, 2x converter.
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/

Ugh, that's just stupid.

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--Zoeff
Panasonic GH2 user
My photos can be found on flickr.