(meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Enhanced Picture

[Chris Peterson]

With a two minute exposure, the timing information is lost. So there's no 
way I know of to tell if the flares were produced during or after the 
meteor. But they are right where you would expect them to be if they are 
dissipating dust left in the wake of the meteor, they show the sort of 
dynamics often seen in dissipating persistent trails, and they seem to be 
the right color. All in all, I think that's the simplest and most likely 
explanation.

Chris

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


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> Chris,
>
> First of all the negative seems to be more definitive than the positive,
> the rays look as if they come from the photographed meteor, I could be
> wrong, but I also have to compare this meteor to a smaller meteor I saw
> years ago (reported on meteorobs at the time). There was a slow earth
> grazer to my east that I was able to watch with my 10X50 binoculars. It
> bounced off the atmosphere and continued off almost directly away from me.
> I was looking, with the binoculars, right up the "tailpipe" of the meteor
> and could clearly see spikes shooting off the meteor just like a childs
> sparkler, but very much shorter. Quite a show. I figured this meteor may 
> be
> something with more power and larger spikes.
>
>   I've considered this as one of my best chance observations.
>
>                                   Dave English