(meteorobs) Great fireball photo(s) on APOD

[stange]

Excellent GeoZay,

Just for kicks I uploaded a typical Austrailian fireball photo where the 
camera WAS tracking. The stars are better defined with much sharper 
definition around their edges.

http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/Phenomenon


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GeoZay at aol.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2008/06/29 09:40
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Great fireball photo(s) on APOD


>
>
>
>>>Click on the image and blow it up. You will see the camera is  NOT 
>>>tracking
> at all. The stars are stretched from celestial  motion.
>
> It is a genuine short period photo without equatorial tracking  of any 
> kind.
>
> I do astrophotography now and then. :-)   YCS<<
> Okay, I just did that and I have to agree now that the camera  was not
> tracking the stars after all.  Apparently it had a relatively  short
> exposure...perhaps around 20 to 30 seconds maybe? If after blowing the 
> image up there were
> pinpoint stars, I'd still have a case....but I don't see it  that way now. 
> So
> it appears that the guy had a genuine one exposure  image for this wide 
> angle
> photo. Indeed it looks very nice and I have more  respect for it now. :O)
> GeoZay
>
>
>
>
>
>
> **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for
> fuel-efficient used cars. 
> (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs