The meteor shower was very nice. I’m still learning the camera, and playing with a new star tracker – The Move Shoot Move. The learning curve isn’t too high, but didn’t have a chance to play with it before heading out of town for the week to catch the shower from the mountains at a Bortle 1-2’ish location. It was fun having the Milky Way be BRIGHT.
Below are a few more shots from the week. Not as spectacular because some really thick smoke rolled in and killed the viewing.
Another interesting thing from the week – I brought my CampingPi up to the mountains with me – it gave some great views, and even captured a few Perseid meteors as well. I compared a few of them to what was caught down in Boise, 53.7 miles (as the crow flies) away. The parallax between the two images is kinda fun to see.
Perseid meteor from Smiths Ferry Idaho 
Same Perseid meteor from Boise Idaho
Perseid meteor from Smiths Ferry Idaho 
Same Perseid meteor from Boise Idaho
Unfortunately I missed the unexpected surprise second bigger peak of the shower that happened on the 14th due to the smoke down in the Boise valley 😣.
Startrails from night of Aug 11th 
Startrails night of Aug 12th 
Startrails night of Aug 13th
