Perseids 2018 Sigus-Sila commune Algeria

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The Perseids
Edition 2018
Sigus - OEB, August 13, 2018
ZHR=96
- Also a Startrail ("Venustrail") by Aissa Oumoussa

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Sirius Perseids Shower August 2018 Algeria El Khroub Sigus

The Report

Location: Sila, Daira of Sigus, OEB
Time: from 23:00 (13th of August) to 3:00 (14th of August)
Temperature: Between 20° and 25° C
Sky: clear with some clouds (سحب ركامية)
Sky magnitude: 6
Number of Meteors observed: 120+
Number of Bolids: more than 10 bolids

Members who participated in the observations: Mourad Hamdouche, Guergouri Hichem, Benilles Mhd ElKoraichi, Zaaf Abdnasser, and Cherif Halimi as a guest.

Camera: Canon 650D with 18-55mm lens, Iso 3200, 15 seconds and F/4.5, 18mm

Guergouri Hichem


Can you see a faint meteor at the left upper corner? Click on the picture.
A Venustrail! Few days before the Perseids shower, here a nice startrail taken from the Azefroun beach in Tizi Ouzou (on the Algerian Mediterranean coast) by Aissa Oumoussa from Anghem El-Hayet. One hour exposure photo with a Canon 5D MKII, ISO 125 open at F/3.5. The bright streak is Venus.