(meteorobs) Addendum to Natural Meteor...

Meteorites USA eric at meteoritesusa.com
Fri Oct 22 04:10:25 EDT 2010


So you're saying this is dust on the camera and not a fragmentation event?

Eric


On 10/22/2010 12:57 AM, Larry wrote:
> The "fragmentation" that is often apparent in photographic movies is usually
> the broad ablation light of a meteoroid illuminating the dust on mirrors,
> lenses, and domes as the object moves across the sky.
>
> Unless INDEPENDANT fragment motion or direction(fall) can be observed, or
> particle dying light that fades AFTER meteoroid is well beyond the point of
> illuminating any dust in that vacinity on the camera system, it should be
> assumed to be a lens dust artifact.
>
> It does take very close image scrutiny looking for the above characteristics
> to avoid this apparent deception when arriving at a fragmentation
> conclusion.
>
> YCSentinel
>
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