Joe Camelopardalids Weren't Cool

The Camerlopardalids meteor shower was a bust. Its peak time was supposed to be 2:00 AM, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Some projected the shower, a product of dust and debris from the tail of Comet 209P/Linear as it passed into Earth's orbit, at 200 an hour. It was less than that. I spent about one hour and 45 minutes of outdoor observation time at the location seen above--Echo Hill Presbyterian Church just north of Marion, Iowa--and saw a grand total of six meteor streaks. All of them were dim or medium-dim in brightness, and the only one that registered on my camera was this one. It was shot at 2:10 AM and was a 30-second exposure at f/3.5, 640 ISO and 18mm focal length and looks north. Conditions were a chilly 55 degrees F made even chillier with a slight breeze, making the lack of action even more difficult to watch.