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Perseids 2018

Started by Aquarellia , Aug 16 2018 03:35 AM

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#1 Aquarellia

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 03:35 AM

Here my view of the perseids.

This watercolor was made during the first part of the 12-13 night, the second part was cloudy.

A lot of -3 to -5 shooting stars, as in the two nights after the maximum.

Clear sky to you all

Michel

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#2 Susan H

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 04:37 AM

Awesome, Michel! Well done. Thank you for sharing. Clear skies.

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#3 alvarete

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 06:55 AM

Very good. Thanks

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#4 Special Ed

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 08:33 AM

Great scene, Michel! I always like the foreground in your naked eye paintings and I especially like looking for and identifying the constellations you include.

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#5 niteskystargazer

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 10:04 AM

Michel,

Very nice watercolor sketch of Perseids 2018 .

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

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#6 Pbinder

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 10:08 AM

Wow! Wish my view looked as pretty as that painting!

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#7 frank5817

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 09:54 PM

Love it Mchel,

I am so glad you got to see the meteor shower and sketch it so well.

This water color belongs on a page in a book or article with a description of this annual shower.

Excellent.

Frank

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#8 Jef De Wit

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Posted 17 August 2018 - 02:59 AM

Beautiful! Love your naked eye work.

(I'm on holiday in France (Limoges). A lot of clear skies, but no luck at the night of 12-13 and 13-14 august... clouds )

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#9 Uwe Pilz

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Posted 17 August 2018 - 03:28 AM

I observed the Perseids from a rural site, between 0°° and 1°° UT at Monday morning. Together with my wife, I lay in a sleeping bag an looked at ther nort eas sky. We saw aroun 50 meteors, most were as bright as 2 mag .... 0 mag, often with green after glow. One afterglow stood around half a minute: Great.