Thank you for capturing such a wonderful event of the meteor shower in the aurora. Such a rare sight indeed! I tried to capture some of the Perseids here but the clouds just were not having it. Love your enthusiasm for the night sky and looking forward to more fun videos. Keep the adventures rolling my friend!
Talk about being/looking at the right place at the right time.., cool photos. I told my wife about you traveling and viewing the heavens.., now she wants to go and try it.! Thanks
How absolutely incredible! Your enthusiasm only improved it! Guess this is why a wise person always signs off with 'get out there and enjoy the night skies' - to see wonders like these!
Hi Tsula, hello from India 🙏🏻 i loved the timelaps you have captured... will you please share the camera settings used? like ISO, speed, Exposure Value, White Balance and Manual focus range etc. Thank you very much for all the informative videos ❤
Hello to India! Sure. I used three different cameras to make three time lapses and combined them in the video. One was an APS-C camera with a 10mm lens and that one was the least exciting. The other two cameras were full frame cameras with a 20mm lens and a 12mm lens and I set them to 15 seconds shutter speed, I think f/1.8 on one camera and f/2.8 (was as wide as it would go) and ISO 3200 on all three. I focused manually on a bright star before starting by just making the star as small as possible on the live view and then holding focus there. I had the camera wait one second between each 15 second exposure and used the camera's internal intervelometer to take as many photos as possible. And for white balance I would normally use 3800K for aurorae but since I really was trying to capture meteors I set it to daylight. You can always make it whatever you want later in Photoshop if you use that to process the RAW photos. So, white balance is not that important. The main thing is to nail focus and keep it there. If a planet is up in the sky try focusing on a planet. That's easiest but a bright star like Vega will work too.
Thank you. I made one a long time ago when I first started my channel. It's chapter one of Tsula's Complete Video Guide to Becoming an Amateur Astronomer. It's not very good. Maybe it's time to update it.
I've been wondering why your time-lapse videos look so impressive. When I use my camera without long exposure, I can barely see even something as bright as Jupiter. However, with long exposure photo, I can suddenly see everything. How do your time-lapse videos achieve such clarity without relying on long exposures which would normally be photos as well? I'm specifically referring to the video between 5:19 and 6:38. I want to make those time lapses you've made. My location is Bortle 3, and I can see a lot with the naked eye. However, through a camera like a phone camera, I can't see anything unless I long expose.
Thanks. So, if I have my camera set to video I can only set it to 1/4 of a second. The camera won't go any slower than that in video mode. If I switch to photo mode then I can take exposures of 30 seconds maximum without an external intervelometer. So, what you do is you take hundreds of photos-- until the battery dies or you have to go to bed. Then you take the hundreds of photos and combine them in Photoshop into the time lapse. Each photo was a 15 second exposure ( see my response above to milandsoman for settings). So, I do use long exposures. I can see colors in video mode at 1/4 second but you probably noticed that when I move the camera it looks weird and delayed. But the time lapse looks smooth because it's a whole bunch of photos combined while the camera is on a tripod and not moving. I hope that helps.
Great photos! I am jealous, we have been dealing with weeks and weeks of wildfire smoke here in central Idaho. It blew away yesterday and then returned that evening. Hopefully this weekend!
Hi Tsula, Congratulations on capturing such a variety of events! Your photos are wonderful and really show what a spectacle this event can be. Sadly here as the meteors peaked so did the clouds and haze, so no chance of any photo taking. Better luck next time hopefully! Thanks for sharing the event, wishing dark skies to you Lynn 🤗✨🌙
the aurora during the meteor shower was incredible! we got overhead auroras here in michigan, only the second time i’ve seen that. very jealous you got to see a bolide!
@@charlesalexander8099 It's not that hard but you have to go to a very dark place and then it's just a matter of taking hundreds and hundreds of photos.
Very nice, especially the exploding meteor! And I recognized, at 9:05, the Pleiades, although only with the help of a star map. (I forgot you were out in the wee hours.) It showed the cluster precisely on an imaginary line drawn through both Mars and Jupiter, but that's not at all the case in your video. Obviously, flat surfaces can't accurately represent curved ones. Have you ever thought of trying to capture an eclipse of Algol, perhaps with some time-lapse photography?
Thanks, Walter. Did you see the meteor exploding during the time lapse? Mostly on the time lapse you see the dust cloud or whatever it is. That trail lingered in the sky for a minute after the meteor exploded, I swear. Also, did you see to the right of Mars and Jupiter, the red giant star, Aldebaran? If it weren't so boring in that part of the sky from my driveway I would try for a sketch of the Pleiades rising like that lady made in that article you sent me a long time ago. Maybe I will go out to that scenic spot and sketch it from there. I have to find out how long it takes for Algol to be eclipsed to see how long of a time lapse I would need to make to capture it. You wouldn't believe how long you have to take photos just to get a 10 second time lapse. I'll look into it.
@@tsulasbigadventures Yes, I saw Aldebaran, and the time-lapse of the meteor exploding. Not quite as good as the Leonid meteor which I once saw, in real life, corkscrewing through the sky and leaving behind a trail a sparkles, but still pretty good. 🙂 An Algol eclipse takes about ten hours, so you'd need to time everything pretty precisely to capture it fully, especially given that summer nights are shorter than winter ones. But the good news is that such eclipses happen every few days. Interestingly, Algol's Doppler-shift measurements, a new technology at the time, were made on Algol decades before Hubble turned Palomar on the distant galaxies - if I read correctly, the Algol measurements proved it was swinging with increasing and decreasing speed around a central point, thereby proving the system was a multiple one.
@@waltergold3457 That would be hard. First of all it would have to be clear for a long time and have enough darkness to capture Algol eclipsing. Not to mention needing an extended battery for my camera. I can try but it sounds hard. I was lucky enough to see the last Leonid Meteor Storm. That was incredible.
@@tsulasbigadventures Perhaps you could simply image Algol on two different nights, at its maximum and minimum brightness, with the background stars as reference, and flip back and forth between the two images. The rest of the video could be devoted to the technique of the photography, combined with Algol's interesting history. (And you could even title everything: "SHOCKING! The DEMON Star REVEALED!!!" It might help you to get to 10K subscribers. 😉) By the way, I apologize for the typo in my previous message, which I wrote in a bit of haste - I meant to say "a trail of sparkles" - and for its third paragraph's stylistic clumsiness. One of my lipograms is never to use the same word (in this instance, "Algol") twice in the same paragraph, unless the repetition is in the possessive or adjectival case. (A lipogram is an arbitrary rule created by the author - see Josephine Pollard, who in the 19th century wrote a history of the United States using only words of one syllable, with the sole exception of proper nouns.)
@@waltergold3457 Walter: OK. I think making a time lapse of Algol over two nights would be much easier to do. I like your title suggestion. It sounds very provocative. I'll give you credit if I use it. That lipogram story about Josephine Pollard make me laugh. How ridiculous.
Thank you for capturing such a wonderful event of the meteor shower in the aurora. Such a rare sight indeed! I tried to capture some of the Perseids here but the clouds just were not having it. Love your enthusiasm for the night sky and looking forward to more fun videos. Keep the adventures rolling my friend!
Alan: Thank you so much. It was wonderful to see and I'm sorry you missed it.
Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you for sharing! All we've been having is overcast and clouds. Please keep these videos coming!!!!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching and I will keep them coming!
Wow! You had a great viewing experience. Thanks for sharing it will all of us. 👍🏻👍🏻😊😊
I think it was one of the highlights of my life! Thanks and thanks for watching.
Talk about being/looking at the right place at the right time.., cool photos.
I told my wife about you traveling and viewing the heavens.., now she wants to go and try it.! Thanks
I'm so lucky! Thanks. That's great. Get your wife out there to see the heavens.
How absolutely incredible! Your enthusiasm only improved it! Guess this is why a wise person always signs off with 'get out there and enjoy the night skies' - to see wonders like these!
Aw. What a nice comment. Thank you.
What an eventful night! Mahalo for sharing it with all of us.
Thank you, Jim. What an evening indeed.
Hi Tsula, hello from India 🙏🏻 i loved the timelaps you have captured... will you please share the camera settings used? like ISO, speed, Exposure Value, White Balance and Manual focus range etc. Thank you very much for all the informative videos ❤
Hello to India! Sure. I used three different cameras to make three time lapses and combined them in the video. One was an APS-C camera with a 10mm lens and that one was the least exciting. The other two cameras were full frame cameras with a 20mm lens and a 12mm lens and I set them to 15 seconds shutter speed, I think f/1.8 on one camera and f/2.8 (was as wide as it would go) and ISO 3200 on all three. I focused manually on a bright star before starting by just making the star as small as possible on the live view and then holding focus there. I had the camera wait one second between each 15 second exposure and used the camera's internal intervelometer to take as many photos as possible. And for white balance I would normally use 3800K for aurorae but since I really was trying to capture meteors I set it to daylight. You can always make it whatever you want later in Photoshop if you use that to process the RAW photos. So, white balance is not that important. The main thing is to nail focus and keep it there. If a planet is up in the sky try focusing on a planet. That's easiest but a bright star like Vega will work too.
Wow this is super helpful! Thanks for awesome time lapse vid!! It's finally cooler but cloudy here in Ore...missing the show
@@lumenlarry6197 Thank you. I hope it clears up for you in OR soon.
Thank you so much for sharing these details. Its really helpful 🎉@@tsulasbigadventures
Tulsa. Appreciate the content. Would love some background if possible someday on how your journey began.
Thank you. I made one a long time ago when I first started my channel. It's chapter one of Tsula's Complete Video Guide to Becoming an Amateur Astronomer. It's not very good. Maybe it's time to update it.
Totally awesome Tsula. Thankyou for great video. From the cloudy swamps of La.
Thanks! I guess the entire southeast has been getting pummeled by that tropical storm but I hope it clears up for you soon.
I've been wondering why your time-lapse videos look so impressive. When I use my camera without long exposure, I can barely see even something as bright as Jupiter. However, with long exposure photo, I can suddenly see everything. How do your time-lapse videos achieve such clarity without relying on long exposures which would normally be photos as well? I'm specifically referring to the video between 5:19 and 6:38. I want to make those time lapses you've made. My location is Bortle 3, and I can see a lot with the naked eye. However, through a camera like a phone camera, I can't see anything unless I long expose.
Thanks. So, if I have my camera set to video I can only set it to 1/4 of a second. The camera won't go any slower than that in video mode. If I switch to photo mode then I can take exposures of 30 seconds maximum without an external intervelometer. So, what you do is you take hundreds of photos-- until the battery dies or you have to go to bed. Then you take the hundreds of photos and combine them in Photoshop into the time lapse. Each photo was a 15 second exposure ( see my response above to milandsoman for settings). So, I do use long exposures. I can see colors in video mode at 1/4 second but you probably noticed that when I move the camera it looks weird and delayed. But the time lapse looks smooth because it's a whole bunch of photos combined while the camera is on a tripod and not moving. I hope that helps.
Great photos! I am jealous, we have been dealing with weeks and weeks of wildfire smoke here in central Idaho. It blew away yesterday and then returned that evening. Hopefully this weekend!
Thank you. I hope the smoke clears up for you soon.
Hi Tsula, Congratulations on capturing such a variety of events! Your photos are wonderful and really show what a spectacle this event can be. Sadly here as the meteors peaked so did the clouds and haze, so no chance of any photo taking. Better luck next time hopefully!
Thanks for sharing the event, wishing dark skies to you Lynn 🤗✨🌙
Lynn: Thank you! I felt so lucky to see this awesome event-- well multiple events. I hope you get clear skies soon.
Great channel. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much. Thank you for watching.
the aurora during the meteor shower was incredible! we got overhead auroras here in michigan, only the second time i’ve seen that. very jealous you got to see a bolide!
Thanks. Overhead aurora in Michigan! How cool is that. I feel very lucky. That bolide took my breath away.
I saw a few at my AS, it was cool but i did see an alpha capricornid fireball and it was cool
It was very cool.
Were you in Montana?
Yes, I was.
That’s amazingly beautiful!!! Oh how oh how can I take photos and videos time lapse of the northern lights!!! ❤❤🤠
How do you take photos of the meteor shower. You’re incredible thank you for sharing!!!!
Thank you so much!
@@charlesalexander8099 It's not that hard but you have to go to a very dark place and then it's just a matter of taking hundreds and hundreds of photos.
Very nice, especially the exploding meteor! And I recognized, at 9:05, the Pleiades, although only with the help of a star map. (I forgot you were out in the wee hours.) It showed the cluster precisely on an imaginary line drawn through both Mars and Jupiter, but that's not at all the case in your video. Obviously, flat surfaces can't accurately represent curved ones.
Have you ever thought of trying to capture an eclipse of Algol, perhaps with some time-lapse photography?
Thanks, Walter. Did you see the meteor exploding during the time lapse? Mostly on the time lapse you see the dust cloud or whatever it is. That trail lingered in the sky for a minute after the meteor exploded, I swear. Also, did you see to the right of Mars and Jupiter, the red giant star, Aldebaran? If it weren't so boring in that part of the sky from my driveway I would try for a sketch of the Pleiades rising like that lady made in that article you sent me a long time ago. Maybe I will go out to that scenic spot and sketch it from there. I have to find out how long it takes for Algol to be eclipsed to see how long of a time lapse I would need to make to capture it. You wouldn't believe how long you have to take photos just to get a 10 second time lapse. I'll look into it.
@@tsulasbigadventures Yes, I saw Aldebaran, and the time-lapse of the meteor exploding. Not quite as good as the Leonid meteor which I once saw, in real life, corkscrewing through the sky and leaving behind a trail a sparkles, but still pretty good. 🙂
An Algol eclipse takes about ten hours, so you'd need to time everything pretty precisely to capture it fully, especially given that summer nights are shorter than winter ones. But the good news is that such eclipses happen every few days.
Interestingly, Algol's Doppler-shift measurements, a new technology at the time, were made on Algol decades before Hubble turned Palomar on the distant galaxies - if I read correctly, the Algol measurements proved it was swinging with increasing and decreasing speed around a central point, thereby proving the system was a multiple one.
@@waltergold3457 That would be hard. First of all it would have to be clear for a long time and have enough darkness to capture Algol eclipsing. Not to mention needing an extended battery for my camera. I can try but it sounds hard. I was lucky enough to see the last Leonid Meteor Storm. That was incredible.
@@tsulasbigadventures Perhaps you could simply image Algol on two different nights, at its maximum and minimum brightness, with the background stars as reference, and flip back and forth between the two images. The rest of the video could be devoted to the technique of the photography, combined with Algol's interesting history. (And you could even title everything: "SHOCKING! The DEMON Star REVEALED!!!" It might help you to get to 10K subscribers. 😉)
By the way, I apologize for the typo in my previous message, which I wrote in a bit of haste - I meant to say "a trail of sparkles" - and for its third paragraph's stylistic clumsiness. One of my lipograms is never to use the same word (in this instance, "Algol") twice in the same paragraph, unless the repetition is in the possessive or adjectival case. (A lipogram is an arbitrary rule created by the author - see Josephine Pollard, who in the 19th century wrote a history of the United States using only words of one syllable, with the sole exception of proper nouns.)
@@waltergold3457 Walter: OK. I think making a time lapse of Algol over two nights would be much easier to do. I like your title suggestion. It sounds very provocative. I'll give you credit if I use it. That lipogram story about Josephine Pollard make me laugh. How ridiculous.