Okanagan Centre Leonids 2001 Images   All Images Are Copyrighted By The Photographers Many members of RASC OK Centre pointed their camera's skywards in the early morning hours of November 18th, 2001 trying to capture some of hundred's of Leonids on film. Here are some examples (click on the picture "name" to see the image).

Jim Failes Our proficient astrophotographer Jim Failes submitted two sets of images taken from the parking lot at Big White Ski Resort. The first five were shot with Konica Centuria 800 film: Leonid Picture #1 is of a dispersing smoke "train" Leonid Picture #2 shows a "fireball" over Big White Resort Leonid Picture #3 is a "circumpolar" shot with Leonid streaks Leonid Picture #4 shows multiple Leonids Leonid Picture #5  is a time exposure of Orion with a bright Leonid This second set of pictures were shot on Kodak Elitechrome 400 with a 50mm lens set at f2: Leonid Picture #6 this picture and the next one are of the same smoke train Leonid Picture #7 Leonid Picture #8 shows multiple Leonids This group shot was taken by Jim by "painting" us with a white light while his camera shutter was left open. Leonid Picture #9 (F-Y-I the brightest background star is Procyon)

Stewart Hill Using Kodak Max 400 film with a 28mm lens set at f2.8 for 5 minutes, this picture shows two of the many Leonids that were visible low on the horizon. Leonid Picture #10 (Beehive is in the middle)

Ron Scherer This slide image shows a meteor passing through Ursa Major (second image is the same meteor close-up). Leonid Picture #11 Leonid Picture #12