Steve Brown astronomy and astrophotography
Steve Brown astronomy and astrophotography
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International Space Station pass - 25 November 2024
Video of a pass of the International Space Station on 25 November 2024 from 17:32 to 17:35 UT. The ISS passes through the Summer Triangle and Pegasus. Video taken from North Yorkshire with a Sony A7S and 14mm lens. The video showing the ISS is played at 2x speed. At its brightest, the ISS was magnitude -3.2.
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Leonid meteor - 17 November 2024
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A Leonid meteor I caught on 17 November 2024 at 01:05 UT from North Yorkshire. I used a Sony A7S with 14mm lens. The meteor was just about visible in the bright Moonlit sky. #Leonids #LeonidMeteorShower #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Aurora Storm over North Yorkshire - 10 to 11 October 2024 (Part 1)
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A G4 level 'severe' geomagnetic storm hit the Earth on 10-11 October 2024. This was produced by a fast-moving coronal mass ejection from sunspot AR3848. The Kp number (the measure of geomagnetic activity in the Earth's atmosphere) was 8 for several hours. There were clear skies over much of the UK so many people got to see a spectacular display of aurora, including myself in North Yorkshire. Th...
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from North Yorkshire - 14 October 2024
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My first sighting of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after perihelion, viewed from North Yorkshire on the evening of 14 October 2024. The comet was tricky to spot at first, due to the bright sky. As it got darker though, the comet was revealed. First using binoculars and on camera, and then naked eye. The tail was stunning, at least 15 degrees in length visually. Music: 'Land on the Golden ...
Northern Lights over North Yorkshire on 7 October 2024
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I caught a display of aurora on 7 October 2024, from 18:48 to 22:07 UT. Most of the time, the display was a low green glow to the north but activity did pick up a couple of times during the evening. The most active aurora was around 21:00 UT (starting at 00:50 in the video). It was quite a cloudy evening but luckily there were sufficient gaps to catch some of the northern lights display. #Auror...
Perseid Meteor Shower from the North York Moors - 6 to 7 August 2024
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My first video covering the Perseids meteor shower 2024, from 6-7 August. I was at a dark location on the North York Moors to spot some early Perseids and to do some astrophotography. I wanted to get some targets low down in the Scutum region and the moors are the best place for that due to the unobscured horizon. I wasn't sure how many Perseids I'd be able to see and capture, this being quite ...
Partial Lunar Eclipse from North Yorkshire - 18 September 2024
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I was lucky with the weather for the partial lunar eclipse visible from North Yorkshire on the morning of 18 September 2024. I was able to capture the majority of the event. The Moon moving behind some trees prevented me from capturing the last hour of the penumbral eclipse. I did capture the whole of the umbral phase though, which is the darkest part of the eclipse. This video shows some image...
Summer Triangle and Satellites Timelapse - 1 to 2 August 2024
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A short timelapse of the Summer Triangle asterism with many satellites crossing the frame. The Summer Triangle is made up of the stars Deneb in Cygnus, Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila. The sequence was captured between 23:58 UT on 1 August and 02:12 UT on 2 August 2024. I used a Canon 250D with 16mm lens at 15s exp, f/2.0, ISO-1600. Music: 'Fern' by Ann Annie from RUclips Audio Library.
North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 28 to 29 June 2024
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This display of noctilucent clouds started off quite bright and high in the late evening of 28 June 2024. It became visible earlier than most displays I've observed and was initially quite bright, so I anticipated a good display. Unfortunately, there was lots of low-level cloud this evening and this blocked my view of the display after a few minutes. There were some more NLCs closer to the hori...
North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 23 to 24 June 2024
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A good display of noctilucent clouds visible from 23 to 24 June 2024 from North Yorkshire. This was an interesting display in that it was seen quite early in the evening. I first caught sight of noctilucent clouds from around 21:40 UT. They were visible even though the sky was still quite bright at the time. As the sky darkened, more of the display was seen and it was quite high for a time. It ...
North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 17 to 18 June 2024
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There was a good display of noctilucent clouds visible from 17-18 June 2024 from North Yorkshire. They were visible on the European webcams so I thought there would be a good chance of seeing them in the UK. The display was quite faint and low for a while, as well as being blocked by low-level cloud. It really got going after around 1am though. In the later stages of the display, many wave-like...
North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 12 to 13 June 2024
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The first noctilucent clouds display I've seen in the 2024 season. It started off faint but still noticeable. After a few minutes it became brighter and quite extensive, the clouds being visible to the naked eye from the northwest to the northeast. I observed them from 23:25 to 01:40 UT. The noctilucent clouds were eventually lost to the encroaching dawn and some low level clouds that came over...
Northern Lights over North Yorkshire - The Great Aurora Storm of 10-11 May 2024
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A G5 level 'extreme' geomagnetic storm hit the Earth on 10-11 May 2024. This was produced by several coronal mass ejections from giant sunspot AR3664. The Kp number (the measure of geomagnetic activity in the Earth's atmosphere) was 8 for several hours. There were mostly clear skies over the UK so many people got to see a spectacular display of aurora, including myself in North Yorkshire. The d...
Stunning Aurora (Northern Lights) seen over North Yorkshire on 10-11 May 2024
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I was lucky enough to see the spectacular display of aurora as the G5 solar storm hit on 10 to 11 May 2024. The view from North Yorkshire was incredible, especially in the late evening. The aurora was right overhead, and I could see rays of various colours streaming down to the horizon. My camera picked up even more detail and I took a series of time lapse sequences that turned out very well. T...
Moonlit Nacreous Clouds (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) seen from North Yorkshire on 24 December 2023
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I was observing the 95% lit Moon in Taurus this evening when I noticed some odd-looking clouds. Having just enjoyed the strong display of nacreous clouds during the day, I wondered if they were still around. I took some shots and these confirmed that they were indeed nacreous clouds. They are a rare sight this far south but to see them at night illuminated by the Moon is very rare indeed. I too...
Nacreous Clouds (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) seen from North Yorkshire on 24 December 2023
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Nacreous Clouds (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) seen from North Yorkshire on 24 December 2023
Nacreous Clouds (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) seen from North Yorkshire on 21 December 2023
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Nacreous Clouds (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) seen from North Yorkshire on 21 December 2023
Peak of the Geminids Meteor Shower 2023 - observed from North Yorkshire on 13-14 and 14-15 December
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Peak of the Geminids Meteor Shower 2023 - observed from North Yorkshire on 13-14 and 14-15 December
Aurora Borealis captured from North Yorkshire on 25 November 2023
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Aurora Borealis captured from North Yorkshire on 25 November 2023
Jupiter - Io and Io's shadow transit event on 6 November 2023
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Jupiter - Io and Io's shadow transit event on 6 November 2023
Peak of the Orionids Meteor Shower - observed from North Yorkshire 21-22 and 22-23 October 2023
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Peak of the Orionids Meteor Shower - observed from North Yorkshire 21-22 and 22-23 October 2023
Peak of the Geminids Meteor Shower - observed from North Yorkshire 14 to 15 December 2022
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Peak of the Geminids Meteor Shower - observed from North Yorkshire 14 to 15 December 2022
Aurora Borealis and STEVE phenomenon from North Yorkshire on 5 November 2023
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Aurora Borealis and STEVE phenomenon from North Yorkshire on 5 November 2023
Moon Halo Timelapse from North Yorkshire - 1 November 2023
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Moon Halo Timelapse from North Yorkshire - 1 November 2023
The Perseids Meteor Shower - observed from North Yorkshire 8 to 13 August 2023
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The Perseids Meteor Shower - observed from North Yorkshire 8 to 13 August 2023
Best noctilucent clouds display of the season from North Yorkshire - 11 to 12 July 2023
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Best noctilucent clouds display of the season from North Yorkshire - 11 to 12 July 2023
Noctilucent Clouds from North Yorkshire - 7 to 8 July 2023
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Noctilucent Clouds from North Yorkshire - 7 to 8 July 2023
North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 15 to 16 June 2023
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North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 15 to 16 June 2023
Spectacular Noctilucent Clouds from North Yorkshire - 4 to 5 July 2022
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Spectacular Noctilucent Clouds from North Yorkshire - 4 to 5 July 2022
Colourful Noctilucent Clouds from North Yorkshire - 22 to 23 June 2022
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Colourful Noctilucent Clouds from North Yorkshire - 22 to 23 June 2022

Комментарии

  • @ForidaKhatunSetu
    @ForidaKhatunSetu 27 дней назад

    Woooooooooooooow nice

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 27 дней назад

      Thanks! 😃

  • @Endless_Spiral
    @Endless_Spiral Месяц назад

    Lovely video, nice to see it without the clouds we had down south!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 29 дней назад

      It was lucky the clouds stayed away this time. With solar maximum now here we should be getting strong displays for at least the next few months. Perhaps not as good as this one but I'm sure there will be more displays visible from the south of the UK.

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals Месяц назад

    All rather sensational! Those oranges are sublime.

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 29 дней назад

      Cheers! Yea, there were a lot of orange colours visible, more so than the previous strong display in May. I saw more later in the night too, which will be in my second video. I just need time to put it all together 😁

  • @astrophotographyuk
    @astrophotographyuk Месяц назад

    More nice captures Steve. Thanks for sharing 😄🔭

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 29 дней назад

      Thanks! It was an unbelievable night. More to come in part 2 (when I get the time to create the video) 😄

  • @astrophotographyuk
    @astrophotographyuk Месяц назад

    What an awesome capture Steve... Sadly thick cloud and rain here in Hull or 'Ull as we say it 😭🔭

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Месяц назад

      Thanks! Yea, been cloudy here since then. Hopefully we'll get clear skies in the next few days for another go at the comet.

    • @astrophotographyuk
      @astrophotographyuk Месяц назад

      @@sjbastro Fingers Crossed 🤞

  • @Sbu_Phakathwayo
    @Sbu_Phakathwayo Месяц назад

    great work Steve, hope you don't mind me asking, what telescope are you using

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Месяц назад

      @@Sbu_Phakathwayo a Celestron NexStar 6SE.

  • @Sbu_Phakathwayo
    @Sbu_Phakathwayo Месяц назад

    what telescope are you using

  • @astrophotographyuk
    @astrophotographyuk Месяц назад

    Nice. All we had was cloud and rain here in Hull 😢 I did get some great shots and video of the last showing on the Northern Lights in mid Sept. I might have to start a channel and upload my stuff 🤔

  • @astrophotographyuk
    @astrophotographyuk Месяц назад

    An enjoyable video and nice captures. Thanks for sharing

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 2 месяца назад

    A very respectable haul!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 2 месяца назад

      Thanks! More to follow, as soon as I get a chance to put them together 😁

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 2 месяца назад

    Nicely captured, Steve. The timelapse was very satisfying to watch!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 2 месяца назад

      Thanks! I was lucky to have clear sky for the eclipse. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Just the kind of thing that a timelapse shows really well. I did have a few telescope tracking issues, which led to the odd frame not fully matching the rest. I'll know for next time not to let it drift around too much.

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 3 месяца назад

    Nice, Steve - lots going on up there!

  • @YsanneOshea
    @YsanneOshea 3 месяца назад

    Incredible footage. I was unable to observe myself but watching this makes up for it. Are you aware that your fantastic work was mentioned by Paul on Episode 146 of the Awesome astronomy Podcast? So glad they mentioned you as your work is a pleasure to observed. Thank you for publishing this! 🕊

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 3 месяца назад

      Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed the video - it was certainly an unforgettable night. Yea, I heard the AA podcast - always nice to get a mention on that excellent show. 😃

  • @CosmicCaptures
    @CosmicCaptures 4 месяца назад

    Wow, that display is breathtaking. Thank you for capturing and sharing it :)

  • @JonsRegularStuff
    @JonsRegularStuff 5 месяцев назад

    Thankyou

  • @soppdrake
    @soppdrake 5 месяцев назад

    Nice! 80 km up and are so lovely! We have them a lot here over Stockholm during the later part of the Summer so I have lots of piccies

  • @zfid
    @zfid 5 месяцев назад

    That is absolutely beautiful. Just as an aside, we got s superb display of noctilucent clouds here in York on Dec 24th.

  • @astronebulee578
    @astronebulee578 5 месяцев назад

    Absolutely stunning display, congratulations Steve 👏

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 5 месяцев назад

      Thanks! We'll hopefully get a few more this season. It's shaping up to be a good one.

  • @astronebulee578
    @astronebulee578 5 месяцев назад

    Brilliant captures and display Steve, congratulations on your first sighting this year. What lenses did you use can I ask please

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 5 месяцев назад

      Thanks! It was a fairly good start to the season. For the wider angle shots I used a 16mm lens (probably too wide for a display that is low down like that one). There is another sequence that used a 24mm lens. The closer shots all used a 50mm lens.

    • @astronebulee578
      @astronebulee578 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@sjbastrothank you

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 5 месяцев назад

    Lovely sequences, Steve - looks like a solid display. Thanks for sharing. I’m yet to get off the mark from here this year.

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 5 месяцев назад

      Cheers - hopefully we'll get a few more like that and the sky stays clear for them.

  • @tomfulop2304
    @tomfulop2304 5 месяцев назад

    Having missed that spectacular night, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this through your eyes and your lens!! Loved the excitement in your voice!! Thanks for sharing, Steve!! Great job!!

  • @matthewbooth9265
    @matthewbooth9265 6 месяцев назад

    i saw this from a hill in oxfordshire. At first a thick green band was visible to the naked eye across the whole sky and then all hell broke loose.I was shouting oh my god, what the hell...texting people telling them to go look. Went to bed at 12:30 though it seems the display lasted most of the night. Absolutely amazing. Plus a fox i feed came out to say hello while i was watching the storm, so he got some grub:)

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 6 месяцев назад

      Nice one - it must have been great to see from a hill as you'd get a good context with the surrounding countryside. Hopefully your texts meant a few more people got to see it.

  • @BeltOfVenus
    @BeltOfVenus 6 месяцев назад

    Wow! Beautifully captured Steve - especially all the corona displays! Great to see your reaction at the end.

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 6 месяцев назад

      Thanks! I never thought I'd see such a display from the UK. Watching it, I was almost speechless, as you can tell! 😄

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 6 месяцев назад

    Loved that, Steve. Did you ever think you’d be able to put together an 8 minute video of timelapse, stills and real time video of overhead aurora from your own area all from the same night?! Madness. Loved hearing your reaction as well - special times. 👍

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 6 месяцев назад

      Indeed! Glad you liked my efforts. Everything seemed to fall into place - powerful solar storm hitting at the right time of night for the UK, clear skies, no Moon interfering, negative Bz all night etc. I think it hasn't fully sunk in yet for the community just how special the event was 😃

    • @nightscapejournals
      @nightscapejournals 6 месяцев назад

      @@sjbastro 100%! We only lacked a unicorn!!

  • @bioweez
    @bioweez 6 месяцев назад

    Beautiful shots Steve! I was under those coronal aurora in Ireland, it was magical!

    • @nightscapejournals
      @nightscapejournals 6 месяцев назад

      Nice!!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 6 месяцев назад

      Nice one! Magical is the perfect word for seeing that corona 😃

  • @meeofcourse4152
    @meeofcourse4152 6 месяцев назад

    Is this APRIL 8-10 ?

  • @jdpjamesp
    @jdpjamesp 6 месяцев назад

    Absolutely stunning Steve. Although I wouldn't expect anything less. What interval have you left between each exposure in the timelapses?

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 6 месяцев назад

      Thanks! Glad you liked it. I tried to do justice to the display. With most of my time lapse shots I find it works best to have the long exposure noise reduction on and use this as the interval. So, most of the corona shots were between 1s and 2s long so the interval was the same, plus a second or so for the camera to write the file. So, the very first corona shot was at 1.6s plus the same for the noise reduction. When I look at the files there seems to be 5s between each shot (it was a 550D and so a bit slow at writing the file). The west and east shots were similar but slightly longer exposure times of 1s to 3.2s. Some of the sequences make the aurora look a little 'fast' but in reality it was changing form pretty rapidly anyway so I thought I'd leave it in the video as is.

  • @Past_Times-g9i
    @Past_Times-g9i 6 месяцев назад

    you need to take photos videos dont show the full spectrum

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 6 месяцев назад

      Those videos are all made up of individual photos put together as a time lapse.

  • @tomfulop2304
    @tomfulop2304 6 месяцев назад

    Incredible, Steve!!

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 10 месяцев назад

    Some of the best pictures I’ve seen of these, Steve (and there were lots of pictures before Christmas!!). Very nicely captured. What a show!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 10 месяцев назад

      Thanks! It was a stunning display and I took so many shots it seemed like a good idea to put a video together. Glad you liked it 😃👍

    • @SmalKitty
      @SmalKitty 10 месяцев назад

      do you play fortnite?

  • @Rageof4wa
    @Rageof4wa Год назад

    Io looks really close to Jupiter in these photos. I looked it up and Io is generally about 260,000 miles from Jupiter. To put that in perspective, Earth's moon is generally between 240,000 to 250,000 miles from Earth.

  • @feltingles6827
    @feltingles6827 Год назад

    Wow thanks for uploading

  • @Astro_Ptolemy
    @Astro_Ptolemy Год назад

    Amazing views, I caught a glimpse from where I live in Cheshire and they were epic!! I took some nice photos too.

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Год назад

      Thanks! Glad you got to see the display. As we're not even at solar maximum yet there's a good chance we'll get another one or two that good in the next few months. Clear skies!

  • @philipgrombliniak
    @philipgrombliniak Год назад

    Well done

  • @Naztronomy
    @Naztronomy Год назад

    Those bright ones look amazingly beautiful. Do they look that bright through your eyes? Or just on camera? I live too far south to have seen any noctilucent clouds in person.

  • @Naztronomy
    @Naztronomy Год назад

    They're so bright! Great timelapse, steve!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Год назад

      Thanks! One of the brighter displays I've seen this season. Overall it has been a bit disappointing this year, with displays reduced in number and intensity. I was glad to have caught this one though.

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals Год назад

    Very nice Steve - I love watching them! I’ve had no joy o far this season (the late evening shift is the only feasible one for me and so far they’ve been shy until morning) - hopefully they’ll build some more in the coming weeks.

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Год назад

      Thanks. It has been a bit difficult this year and now we are pretty much at the end of the season. Did you manage to catch any displays?

    • @nightscapejournals
      @nightscapejournals Год назад

      @@sjbastro I managed one snap of them between the clouds on my phone one night, but no “proper” images. Just lots of failed outings! C’est la vie - if it was easy, everyone would be doing it!

  • @astronebulee578
    @astronebulee578 Год назад

    Fantastic Steve. So pleased for you that they showed up. 👍

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Год назад

      Thanks! We're at the end of the season now, pretty much anyway. I managed to catch a few displays but it was a bit hit and miss when they'd appear. It will be interesting to see if things improve next year.

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals Год назад

    Great video, Steve. There was so much structure in that display, and I think that’s the first time I’ve seen the Pleiades embedded in a display. Marvellous. Looking forward to things kicking off next month 🤞

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals Год назад

    Great sequences, Steve - I love the longer focal lengths in particular. Not long until this year’s season, although a bit concerned with the sun going nuts over the last 6 months the right conditions might be hard to come by. Got to be in it to win it though!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Год назад

      Thanks! I should make more effort to upload them and not wait months to do so :-) I have another one I think to do from last season that has some close-up shots too. Hopefully we'll get another good season but with the solar activity I'm not so sure. All we can do is keep watching. Clear skies!

  • @AstrophotographyWorld
    @AstrophotographyWorld Год назад

    Great work!

  • @MemoriesRR
    @MemoriesRR Год назад

    Thank you. New sub.

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro Год назад

      Thanks for the sub! :-)

  • @Naztronomy
    @Naztronomy Год назад

    Very very nice, Steve! I love the final picture, looks like a laser piercing through the moon.

  • @ChrisSmith-lk2vq
    @ChrisSmith-lk2vq Год назад

    Epic footage, thank you very much for sharing!!

  • @EmilySuzanne
    @EmilySuzanne 2 года назад

    Great capture! I filmed the Northern Taurids on the 29th of October and saw an amazing amount of meteors!

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 2 года назад

    Some nice captures there, Steve. If only that house was a little shorter - that one looked like a belter!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 2 года назад

      Thanks - yea, meteors are seldom cooperative with my camera position! 😄

  • @nightscapejournals
    @nightscapejournals 2 года назад

    Great compilation,Steve. 👍

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 2 года назад

      Thanks 👍😃

  • @spacegirlheidi5730
    @spacegirlheidi5730 2 года назад

    Wow!! So cool!! Thanks for sharing!!

    • @sjbastro
      @sjbastro 2 года назад

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :-)

  • @britisheagle9776
    @britisheagle9776 3 года назад

    its sad to see the bildale transmitter being demmolised its been there a long time i can remember watching tv i was recording startrek then all of a sudden my tv went blank then it said no signal.. ive seen the transmitter loads of times i live in the north yorkshire dales its the same as the golf balls on flyingdales there gone now i have a antenna in my back garden that looks like the bildale transmitter a 7 foot one for listening to the ships at night

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 3 года назад

    Wonderful Video, I do admire the skill and persistence, needed to make videos like this, thanks for sharing