Where was the video shot? I'd like to be able to see on the Light Pollution map precisely where this location is, thanks. I am about to visit a Bortle 2 location to see the Geminids here at 52N with some friends from our local AS.
This was shot in north central Victoria in Australia. You should be able to find it if you search for Mount Hope Conservation Reserve in Victoria, Australia.
Very nice composite radiating out and what an amazing site! It is really hard catching those streaks. I had a first go at the Geminids last year and found that the longest/strongest streaks are when pointing away from the point of origin in the sky. Tricky bit then is getting them within the frame at 50mm.
Thanks so much Jørgen Mølmann. Yeah, this is one of my favourite spots. Just so peaceful. I found the same thing with the radiant. I had 3 cameras pointed towards it a various angles (all north) and had loads of meteors streaking across the sky to my south. Also get the impression the magnitude of the meteors here in the southern hemisphere are less than that of the northern hemisphere. Wider aperture lenses are the only way to capture these as you could see with my missed meteor counter.
Thanks Richard! It was certainly a low hit ratio of capturing meteors actually leaving a decent streak behind them, especially by the time I cleared out all the man made objects zipping about. Since recording this I've watched Alyn Wallace's Geminids video from last year who commented he also seemed to pick up a lot more using longer focal lengths as I did in the commentary section. Using a variety of faster glass with a range of focal lengths might yeild better results for next time than just sticking with UWA for the timelapse sequences. Plenty of time to think about it anyway as I don't think we're due another meteor shower of that magnitude for a while. Anyway, thanks for watching and glad you liked it 👍. Yes, it is a very special place that one.
@@AstroRoad I spent the night out shooting the Geminids as well and I'll be releasing that video on the weekend. It's a lot like yours in that I missed a lot by facing the wrong way .. but it was a great experience none the less. I'm convinced that we don't see the best of these showers down here in the Southern Hemisphere.
I'll look forward to watching that Richard 🙂👍. I think you are right, we certainly don't seem to get the fireball style of meteor lighting up the sky like I've seen in several meteor videos from the Northern Hemisphere.
This video I'm using the original A7S mk 1 with a Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 manual lens. These days I use all the A7S cameras (A7S, A7S II & A7S III), though the old A7S is only used for time-lapse these days rather than video.
Wasn't Milky Way Core season when I shot this, however with night adjusted eyes you can absolutely see the interstellar dust lanes of our galaxy under a bortle one sky. This particular night it was the Magellanic clouds that really stood out. The other thing that really blew my mind was the sheer number of stars, even over the usual bortle 3 skies I shoot in.
Where was the video shot? I'd like to be able to see on the Light Pollution map precisely where this location is, thanks. I am about to visit a Bortle 2 location to see the Geminids here at 52N with some friends from our local AS.
This was shot in north central Victoria in Australia. You should be able to find it if you search for Mount Hope Conservation Reserve in Victoria, Australia.
your time lapse videos are incredible! I'd love to see you do a tutorial on how to shoot time lapse. Keep up the great work!
Thankyou so much Nini 👍. Will definitely be doing various tutorials on the process and tools behind these sequences. Thanks for your comment!
Very nice composite radiating out and what an amazing site! It is really hard catching those streaks. I had a first go at the Geminids last year and found that the longest/strongest streaks are when pointing away from the point of origin in the sky. Tricky bit then is getting them within the frame at 50mm.
Thanks so much Jørgen Mølmann. Yeah, this is one of my favourite spots. Just so peaceful. I found the same thing with the radiant. I had 3 cameras pointed towards it a various angles (all north) and had loads of meteors streaking across the sky to my south. Also get the impression the magnitude of the meteors here in the southern hemisphere are less than that of the northern hemisphere. Wider aperture lenses are the only way to capture these as you could see with my missed meteor counter.
Nice work mate. It's a lot harder than people think to capture those little blighters in the southern skies. Loved the video anyway . .nice location.
Thanks Richard! It was certainly a low hit ratio of capturing meteors actually leaving a decent streak behind them, especially by the time I cleared out all the man made objects zipping about. Since recording this I've watched Alyn Wallace's Geminids video from last year who commented he also seemed to pick up a lot more using longer focal lengths as I did in the commentary section. Using a variety of faster glass with a range of focal lengths might yeild better results for next time than just sticking with UWA for the timelapse sequences. Plenty of time to think about it anyway as I don't think we're due another meteor shower of that magnitude for a while. Anyway, thanks for watching and glad you liked it 👍. Yes, it is a very special place that one.
@@AstroRoad I spent the night out shooting the Geminids as well and I'll be releasing that video on the weekend. It's a lot like yours in that I missed a lot by facing the wrong way .. but it was a great experience none the less. I'm convinced that we don't see the best of these showers down here in the Southern Hemisphere.
I'll look forward to watching that Richard 🙂👍. I think you are right, we certainly don't seem to get the fireball style of meteor lighting up the sky like I've seen in several meteor videos from the Northern Hemisphere.
Is this using an original (version 1) of the Sony A7S camera? Or A7S II or later? Also what lens please?
This video I'm using the original A7S mk 1 with a Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 manual lens. These days I use all the A7S cameras (A7S, A7S II & A7S III), though the old A7S is only used for time-lapse these days rather than video.
Amazing content man keep it up, really liked the time lapse.
Thanks so much, glad you liked it.
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Thanks so much 🙂! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great vid man!
Thanks so much 🙂👍!
can you see the milky way clearly with your naked eye
Wasn't Milky Way Core season when I shot this, however with night adjusted eyes you can absolutely see the interstellar dust lanes of our galaxy under a bortle one sky. This particular night it was the Magellanic clouds that really stood out. The other thing that really blew my mind was the sheer number of stars, even over the usual bortle 3 skies I shoot in.