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Re: (meteorobs) -19 MagitUDE?!
We discussed this last year but I just had another idea. If you could
reproduce
the circumstances and set off a flash bulb at a known distance and get the
same
exposure then the flash lux rating should be similar to the meteor if it is
a similar
duration. Knowing the distance of the flash someone should be able to
calculate an approximate magnitude. With enough assumptions...
Perhaps that is what you did to get the estimate?
----- Original Message -----
From: <GeoZay@aol.com>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) -19 MagitUDE?!
> In a message dated 99-07-07 09:07:00 EDT, you write:
>
> Jure<< If I recall right there was a -20 Leonid above Hong Kong last
year...
> >>
>
> During last years Leonid fireball fest, Lunsford and I saw the sky lit up
in
> front of us where the stars disappeared and the sky turned daylight blue
from
> a very bright Leonid. Estimated magnitude was roughly between -16 to -19.
One
> of my guided cameras had a portion of my observatory in the frame at the
> time. The resultant image clearly shows a non smeared observatory from the
> brief reflected light. Similar frames before and after showed the
observatory
> as a smear because of the constant movement of the guided camera.
> GeoZay
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