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Live Perseids (Meteor) Webcam
Live streaming coverage of the Perseids meteor shower - now coming from Sheffield after a very wet Mam Tor!
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| Stream Location: West Sheffield, UK |
| Broadcaster Since: August 12, 2009. |
| Hit Count: 32129. |
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Current Status
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13:45 (14th August)(GMT+1) |
This stream is now offline. Thanks to the 30,000 people who tuned in, in the last 48 hours. See the rest of Camstreams for more live webcams online right now - Go to the live cams. |
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01:40 (13th August)(GMT+1) |
Ok so Mam Tor was literally a damp squib. Nice to see the broadcast sort of worked but we couldn't stick about in thick mist and freezing winds so have come back home to Sheffield, from which you now see this stream. I've pointed the camera up, but as of 1.40am there is still a thin cloud layer and of course light pollution. I will leave the Camera running overnight... if you're lucky you might catch something! Thanks for tuning in! |
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23:45 (GMT+1) |
We have made it - there's a lot of people here - but it's cloudy. As soon as there's anything, it'll be on the stream! In the meantime enjoy the wind noise and general ambience from up the top of Mam Tor :) |
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19:00 (GMT+1) |
Equipment is working here in urban Sheffield... the occasional drop out but happy with the picture and bit rate which keeps steady enough. Expect picture to drop towards 22:00 when me, my partner and friends all head off to the hills! I could stream the journey, but I'm sure you'd rather I didn't! Picture should then reappear sometime before midnight, subject to there actually being a 3G signal up there! |
Hello!
Tonight, I'm attempting to broadcast the night sky up on a hill (Mam Tor) in Derbyshire. Hopefully there will be dozens of meteorites I can zoom into and you will at least see something.
Unfortunately due to the unknown bandwidth conditions, the picture may break up. I'm planning for at least a small amount of 3G coverage to help with the broadcast, and the broadcast itself will only last as long as the laptop battery holds out, as we will have walked to a good vantage point on the hill and be a little way from any power source! So apologies if you arrived here to find the stream not connecting or repeating old footage. If things seem 'stuck' or buffering for more than a minute, refresh the page.
More Info
See this news article for more info about the phenomenon.
This is a satellite image of where we will be. Feel free to zoom out and get a feel for it! The road you see encompassing the hill partly collapsed several times in the last few decades (zoom in!) and half of it is now out of use for public vehicles.
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Equipment Used:
- HP Pavilion Laptop
- Sony FX1E HDV Camcorder (linked in with Firewire)
- 'Three' Mobile dongle (which has routable IP address, handy)
- Some rugs
- A glass of wine
- Some good friendly banter
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