Perseid meteor

The sky hasn't been too cooperative this month but Thursday was clear enough to try for some images.

Equipment:

Camera: Pentax K-S2

Lens: Pentax 50mm 1:1.7

Fixed Manfrotto photographic tripod 

Interval shooting, 4 x 10s exposures per minute.

Nova RS Ophiuchi

Nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) recently brighten for the first time since 2006.

RS Oph is a recurrent nova see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS_Ophiuchi

Scope:     Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount:    Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Camera:  Altair Astro Hypercam 183C

Guide scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide cam:   Altair Astro GP-CAM 290M

Image capture: SharpCap
Guiding:           PHD2
Planetarium:    Cartes du Ciel

Stacked in DSS.

Processed in Affinity Photo V1.10.0 and Photoshop Elements 13.

90 x 60s Lights + Darks and Flats

The nova is the central bright reddish star.