Another single image of a Geminid. The grey bands at the bottom right is a slight haze that passed by. Canon 5D, Rokinon 24mm f.1.4 lens (set at f2.0) Morning of December 14, 2017
This image is a combination of 22 unguided time exposures (each lasting 45 seconds). Unguided means untracked (i.e. camera set on a fixed tripod). Because of Earth's rotation, the objects in the sky move continuously from east to west. The resulting 20 minutes worth of unguided photos created long streaks of stars. This effect makes star colours more obvious. Seven meteors were captured too! On the upper left side, the tiny white dot is a geo-synchronous satellite. Canon 5D, Rokinon 24mm f.1.4 lens (set at f2.0) Morning of December 14, 2017
The night following the peak had much reduced rates, but it was still a beautiful night! The highlight was a very impressive earthgrazing meteor that came out of nowhere and crossed over 90 degrees of the sky! We first caught sight of it straight up, and we followed it for several seconds as it descended to the south, changing colours along the way! Very impressive!! Even an ultra wide lens could not even fit the whole path of the meteor in one picture! Canon 6D and a Rokinon 14mm lens at f2.8
