Perseids vs The Supermoon

My goal was to capture a meteor in the same frame

with the nearly full super moon.

My automated Canon 1100D camera took 

nearly 800 15 second exposures beginning at

 about 1:00 AM along with this fireball at 

3:16 AM  on the 13th of August. 

On the very next frame, the trail of ash left by the 

fireball is back-lit by the nearly full moon.

Enhanced version shows the ash trail better.

This meteor occurred at 2:44 AM. I was recording 

the radio echos at the time. The following audio starts 

at 2:44:00 AM and runs 2.5 minutes. At 2:44:16, is 

a strong echo coinciding roughly with the above image.

 It's interesting that there is a flurry of echos beginning 

shortly after this at 2:45:14

.

https://soundcloud.com/rick-hollar-1/2minute30

 I use the antenna in the picture to record
radio echos from meteor trails.

And finally, the time lapse of 400 frames starting around
3:10 AM. There a several fainter meteors as well.

Solargraphy Results

I have begun collecting and processing my 6 months solar graphs. Here are a few of the best out of about 12 or so I'd strewn about the area

Ventura, CA looking west over the Pacific Ocean.

Snapshot...

6 Month Exposure.

Ventura, CA looking east over the Pacific.

 Snapshot.

6 Months Exposure.

Mount Pinos Area

Approximate Google Street View

6 Months Exposure.

My Back Yard

Solargraphy Project

     Solargraphy is the practice of taking extremely long exposures of the sky, up to six months or longer! I've been collecting the supplies for several months now and began placing my cameras the day before the summer solstice. I plan on collecting them on or around the winter solstice after approximately six months exposure.
    I set my first 3 pinhole cameras in Ventura, CA:

#1) Behind City Hall. Probably the most likely to be found by someone.

Lat N 34° 17' 0.2"

Lon W 119° 17' 35.3"

Facing 140° (SE)

#2) Along highway 1 just north of the city.

Lat N 34° 17' 51.8"

Lon W 119° 20' 33.7"

Facing 265° (West)

#3) Just south of #2 along the railroad tracks.

Lat N 34°17' 20.0"

Lon W 119° 20' 13.0 "

YIKES!!!

Facing 169° (SE)

It took several tries, but we finally got some Triops hatchlings. This video show the first one! Right around top-center. Tiny!

Find The Asteroid

Near Earth Asteroid "Epona". See if you can find it.
You may need to click the image...

Creature Update

We have no creatures. I've tried two batches of eggs and nothing has hatched yet. I still have a few more to try. Not giving up yet!

Triops

Here at The Hollar Observer, we don't just observe the universe through a telescope. We observe everything. Today our Triops eggs arrived. Triops are a type of shrimp dating back millions of years before even the dinosaurs. The eggs arrived in "suspended animation" and can remain this way for over 25 years. Oddly, their lifespan is just a few weeks to a couple months but can grow to 3 inches in that short time. The package claimed to contain 30 to 50 eggs, but I counted over 70. So follow as we hatch and grow these ancient creatures.