(meteorobs) mpg of a 15s fireball from last April

[Ed Majden]

on 10/23/04 18:20, ykchia at chiayk1 at singnet.com.sg wrote:

> Hi Esko:
> 
> Finally got the IE to download the file and view it. (Won't work in
> my netscape). Very interesting movie indeed.
> I could not see the 'tail' in  real time playback (may be the
> fisheye did not show the dim tail). Could this be an iridium satellite
> flare?
> 
> rgds
> ykchia
> 
    I have looked at your video and I do not think it is an iridium
satellite flare.  I have recorded many flares with a Sandia Convex all-sky
camera and they are just a single flash of light.  A Sandia all-sky records
meteors of around -3 magnitude and brighter so tails are not recorded.  Your
fisheye unit might be more sensitive but I don't expect by much so you will
not record the persistent trail of a fireball unless it is extremely bright.
It looks like you have just recorded a bright meteor fireball.


Ed Majden
West Coast Sandia Bolide Detection Station
Courtenay B.C. CANADA

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