Lyrid Meteor Shower 2026

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Environmental Data

Date: April 21, 2026     Start Time: 8:57PM     End Time: 11:28M    SQM:

Moon Age: 4.7 days     Moonset: 1:03PM     Moon Illumination: 23.5%

Temperature:      Humidity:      Dew Point:    

Location: Westport, Massachusetts 02790    Sky Condition: Partly cloudy early, clouds after midnight

Comment: Camera shutdown at 11:27 due to low battery power. Clouds after midnight anyway.

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Imaging Scope Data

Mount: Gimbal Tripod      Camera: Nikon D7100 DSLR       Focuser: None      

Telescope: Tokina 11-16mm set at 11mm       Focal Reducer: None       Filter: None      

Rotator: None       Power Control: None       Dew Heater: None      

Imaging Software

Mount Software: None         Focus Software None        

Control Software: None         Platesolve: None         Planning: Skytools

Imaging Status

Imaging Software:         Focus         Platesolve:        

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Guide Scope Data

Camera: None         Focuser: None         Dew Heater: None       Software: None        

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Images Taken

Number of light frames: 405        Duration: 20 seconds        Gain: 400 ISO        

Temperature:        Binning:        F-Stop: 2.8        

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Imaging Processing

Imaging Processing Software: PixInsight

Processes utilized:

BlurXTerminator, NoiseXterminator, HistogramTransformation, DynamicCrop

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Notes: Set D7100 to complete manual mode including manual focus. Set intervalometer to take an exposure every 22 seconds. Attached lens muff with handwarmer to lens to counteract dew.
Let the D7100 take images and then reviewed the images in the morning. Selected the images with obvious meteors for processing.


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