(meteorobs) YCS to Cloudbait

[stange34 at sbcglobal.net]

Understood all you have said Chris. Thankyou.

I was very careful to scrutinize the 2 different avi records of the Bolide 
thinking as you have said that it could be plane etc.

The HandyAvi record clearly shows a point source getting larger with very 
small irregular flaring before the first of two explosions which then 
dwindled down to a small hot object that became invisible well after the 
last explosion. Both records at slow speed confirm that it cannot be a 
mechanical light source.

It is unlikely that another Sentinel captured it because the standard 
settings would not have triggered on light with little lateral motion. On 
both systems here, I use a much higher sensitivity setting than normal. 
HandyAvi triggers on very small light flares & 5 pre-frames with 11 post 
frames. Sentinel is set far above normal sensitivity.

Larry
YCS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2008/04/14 19:12
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) YCS to Cloudbait


> Not that I can think of. It would, however, be extremely unlikely for a
> fireball to make it below any normal cloud layer. It's pretty safe to
> assume the explosion was above the clouds (and those appear to be low
> clouds).
>
> That's assuming it actually is a fireball. My impression of the light
> curve is that it doesn't seem quite right. I've actually caught events
> that looked almost exactly like yours, and they turned out to be
> helicopters- the spotlight crossing the camera triggers an event. You
> may indeed have caught a head-on fireball, but you shouldn't discount
> more prosaic explanations as well. It would be nice if another camera in
> your area had the same event.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:55 PM
> Subject: (meteorobs) YCS to Cloudbait
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>
>> Chris, is there a way using the movie file to determine if a Bolide
>> explodes
>> above or below the low cloud layer?
>>
>> Larry
>> YCS
>
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