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Boomer12k
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by Boomer12k » Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:20 am
Interesting idea... but I shall be too busy, and don't have that type of camera....
But I hope to get you all a some good images...
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George Grammarian
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by George Grammarian » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:07 pm
"... image shows a outburst of Perseids...." "a outburst"? It's "AN outburst." Using "a" when it should be "an" (i.e., before a vowel sound) is becoming common, but it's still incorrect. Try reading "a outburst" aloud. There's a slight stop between "a" and "outburst." That's a disruption in the flow of the writing, which is rarely, if ever, correct.
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Fred the Cat
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by Fred the Cat » Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:22 pm
And if you get good meteor images during the eclipse you can contribute them to the
Eclipse Megamovie.
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neufer
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by neufer » Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:25 pm
George Grammarian wrote:
"... image shows a outburst of Perseids...." "a outburst"? It's "AN outburst."
Using "a" when it should be "an" (i.e., before a vowel sound) is becoming common, but it's still incorrect.
Try reading "a outburst" aloud. There's a slight stop between "a" and "outburst."
That's a disruption in the flow of the writing, which is rarely, if ever, correct.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outburst wrote:
outburst: a sudden, often violent expression of emotion.
- The man greeted us with AN outburst of invective.
(Anagram:
subtutor: An assistant tutor.)
From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- + burst.
Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower wrote:
<<A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor
outbursts, which may produce greater than 1000 meteors an hour.>>
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mason dixon
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by mason dixon » Tue Aug 01, 2017 6:25 pm
Has anyone ever caught a meteor during a total eclipse in a photo? I can't find anything on google.
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neufer
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by neufer » Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:35 am
mason dixon wrote:
Has anyone ever caught a meteor during a total eclipse in a photo? I can't find anything on google.
I'm estimating that with all the photographs to be taken in the U.S. for this upcoming eclipse there will be ~10% chance of at least one photo of a Perseid meteor crossing the moon during the eclipse. Not great odds ...but there's a chance.
Art Neuendorffer
Perseid Meteors over Turkey
