(meteorobs) Question about Leonid photo

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Question about Leonid photo
• From: Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu>
• Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:53:33 -0600
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On the Astronomy Picture of the Day for Dec. 12, there was
a nice Leonid photo:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasadot gov/apod/ap011212.html

This is just to ask about the angles of the meteors.  They 
don't appear to be radiating from one point (To the left of
the observatory they appear to be approaching each other.), 
but I know it has to be something about the optics of the 
system and/or the radiant's motion over a period of time.  
I'm not a photographer, so I know very little about types 
of lenses, etc.

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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