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(meteorobs) Photographed Pointer meteor
I mentioned yesterday that I saw and possibly photographed a pointer meteor
of 0 magnitude. I just developed the roll of film that had this frame. I
did indeed photographed it...but being able to look at it closely, it's not a
true pointer..dot it does have a trail...but very short...the shortest I've ever
photographed...I don't have the coordinates figured out just yet, but it's
near Zeta Draconid if that means anything to anyone? BTW it is a guided
image. On the same roll on June 15/16 I apparently photographed a nice
meteor that I apparently didn't witness...I just checked the meteor report
for that nite and discovered that I took a 35 minute nap during that exposure
of 1.5 hours...I must have been pretty tired to do that. Although guided, the
alignment was not perfect and there is some short star trails to contend
with. The apparent fireball was probably of magnitude -3 to about -5 at
best...not knowing it's velocity. A definitely "snooze you lose" capture.
Regrettfully, the capture will be of no scientific value.
George Z.