(meteorobs) Long path meteor -spiraling- *Magnified*

Thomas Ashcraft ashcraft at heliotown.com
Thu Dec 1 19:16:56 EST 2011


UPDATE:

On 12/1/11 8:23 AM, Thomas Ashcraft wrote:
> Dec 01, 2011  2:35:54 am MST.
>
> There was a very long path meteor over north-central New Mexico last
> night.  Visible flight time lasted ~ 13 seconds.
>
> All-sky camera view with stereo forward scatter:   Movie.  1 MB  .mp4
> format.
>
> http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20111201_093554ut_Ashcraft.mp4
>
Update to previous post:

For further analysis I magnified this meteor in Final Cut Express (movie 
making software for Macs) and slowed it down and it is interesting to 
see this particular meteor clearly spiraling.

Here is a longer movie that includes the magnification.  4 MB  .mp4 format
http://www.heliotown.com/FBmagDec012011_093554ut_Ashcraft.mp4

Thomas Ashcraft near Santa Fe




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