How To Photograph Meteor Showers

So urban areas are definitely not an option.

How to photograph meteor showers. Meteor showers are named after the constellation where their radiant is located. Choose your photo op. Meteor photography does not require much in terms of equipment.

A beginner s guide to meteor showers astrophotography. Get away from city lights and find a place with dark skies. Meteors can hit the upper atmosphere at any time but there are some showers when the earth passes through debris from passing.

Mount your camera on a tripod and grab a wide angle lens or even better a fisheye lens. Several meteors per hour can usually be seen on any given night. What equipment do you need to photograph a meteor shower.

You can use almost any camera for the meteor capture mission but it is best to have one that allows. Meteors fade out in seconds which makes timing the shot tricky. How to photograph a meteor shower.

These will help you frame most of the sky particularly if you have a crop sensor camera. I ve found that pointing your camera about 90 degrees away from the radiant can maximize your chances of capturing long meteor trails. Build a rotating meteor shutter although less active than the perseids it s the overlap of each shower s activity that not only helps to raise the number of visible meteors but gives you the best possible chance to take some truly stunning photographs.

In order to have a good chance of photographing meteors you will have to go as far away as possible from light pollution. The perseids are actually visible several times throughout the year though the shower typically offers the. Set up your gear.