(meteorobs) Faint Sporadic Meteor?

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>Why don't you think it's a satellite  ?<<
Because in the photo the trail has the appearance of a swelled up  
train...much like what a dissipating meteor train would look like. All the  
satellitie photos I've seen were fairly sharp and thin lined. Nothing to  dissipate 
from outer space. It could be a plane trail, but it doesn't look like  one 
to me.

>>Where were the sun and the moon at the time of the exposure  ?<<
It beats me...somewhere in the sky I hope. :O)
 
 
>>If they were way below the horizon then that would help rule  them out.<<
 
I'm ruling out a satellite based on the appearance of a weak drifting  
train. I'm ruling out an airplane because it doesn't look like an airplane trail 
 nor lites that I'm familiar with.
 
>>What is the image scale ?<<
 
I don't know.
GeoZay