(meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor

Nikola Biliskov nbilis at irb.hr
Mon Sep 7 16:32:26 EDT 2009


Chris Peterson wrote:
> The image metadata confirms that this was a two-minute exposure. 

It's a persistent train in the first stages of its "life", when it's 
located around the meteor. I saw something like that in one of Leonid 
photos.
Nikola
>
> *****************************************
> 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
>>     
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
>
>   




More information about the Meteorobs mailing list