Last night I let you know about the Quadrantids meteor shower that was peaking this morning in the Northern Hemisphere and I hope some of you were either able to watch it live with your own eyes or via the livestream.
My wife and I ventured out into the frigid 26 degree Florida night this morning to catch the shower with our own eyes and was rewarded with about 20 or so bright Quadrantids over a 90 minute period.
I set up my Nikon D3000 and took 88 shots – most of them were 30 second exposures however, I took several that were in the range of 2-4 minutes each towards the end of the session. I was lucky enough to capture four meteors out of those 88 shots and wanted to share them with you here.
This is by far the best shot I grabbed. One is the full frame and the other is the image cropped down to focus on the Quadrantids Meteor in it.
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- Camera: Nikon D3000
- f/4
- 126 second exposure
- 3.6 Max Aperture
- ISO 100
- Focal Length: 27
I also caught three other meteors during some of the 30 second exposures so they were not as easy to see. I had to edit the original RAW image to bring the meteor out and so these are very washed out but at least you can see the Quadrantids in them.
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So did you get to see any of the Quadrantids yourself? Please tell us about them in the comments below.