(meteorobs) Ursids Meteor Picture

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Thu Dec 24 17:41:23 EST 2009


Looks like a satellite to me, not a meteor at all.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Ursids Meteor Picture


> Hello Observers,
> 
> I caught a long, but faint image of an Ursid meteor on Dec 22, 2009. I
> know my track record isn't too good with properly classifying my
> meteor pictures, but I'm 99% sure this is an actual Ursid.
> 
> I've posted the picture along with my plotting work.
> 
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/ursids-meteor-shower/
> 
> Please lmk if I got it wrong.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike




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