(meteorobs) Great fireball photo(s) on APOD

[Norman W. McLeod III]

The star images look stretched to me without even blowing up the 
image.  And the cloud images don't look sharp either.  Enough motion from 
both to show in the needed time, maybe 15 seconds?  I would expect 
astronomers as a breed to be much more honest with photography than various 
other groups of folks.

Nice view of Crux with Alpha and Beta Centauri at the top.  I feel very odd 
at not knowing intimately the rest of the stars in the photo.  Can't see 
everything from Florida.

Since last July I am receiving only a few random messages from meteorobs, 
plus a couple of individuals get through with all that they send.  This 
thread made it through in its entirety.  I have talked this problem over 
with Lew and the elves who are all mystified as to why this is 
happening.  So I have to go to the archives to catch up on everything else.

No other news to speak of from around here.

Norman


Norman W. McLeod III
Staff Advisor
American Meteor Society

Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod at peganet.com