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I stayed up to watch what again turned out to be a dud for all the media hype around the Camelopardalid Meteor Shower.
I captured 195 images taken 30 seconds apart and managed to find only one (1) meteor during what was billed as the
peak viewing time. I had a sneaky suspicion that this was probably going to be just as over-billed as other meteor shower
predictions, so I set the camera up to do some star trails. Taken from the deck of my house, overlooking the Catalina
Mountains north of Tucson (and the light pollution from the area).
Here's the one frame that actually had a Camelopardalid meteor:
All images copyright by Sam Rua. All Rights Reserved.
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