(meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor

[Chris Peterson]

The image metadata confirms that this was a two-minute exposure. My 
assumption would be that the meteor itself was caught fairly early in that 
exposure, and the wispy stuff around it is just normal train material (as is 
often seen in long meteor exposures) being blown around after the meteor has 
long since burned out. The orange tint of the "flares" is also consistent 
with what most meteor trail images record.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 8:42 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor


> Dear meteor observers,
>
> I noticed an interesting Orionid meteor photo in the
> www.spaceweather.com gallery and wonder what your opinion might be
> regarding the flares coming off of it. Do you think the flares are
> meteor generated in the moment of ionization or caused by something else
> like high winds, time of exposure or camera artifact?
>
> http://spaceweather.com/meteors/orionids/images2008/21oct08/Rich-Swanson1.jpg
>
> http://spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_21oct08_page2.htm
>
> .
> Thomas Ashcraft  /   New Mexico