[meteorite-list] Re: (meteorobs) Moon visible in video Spanish daylight meteor

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:00 2004
Message-ID: <005801c3d5d3$13c68960$9cc2ea3e_at_HAL>

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From: "Víctor R. Ruiz" <rvr_at_infoastro.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 12:02 AM

> If you pay attention to the video, you can see a bright spot just left
> to the building. It could it be the moon, and not a reflection, because
> it doesn't move with the camera. Someone posted an animated GIF version
> of the video at this URL: http://galeon.com/meteorvideo/meteorito.gif

Victor!

My compliments! That was a very sharp and helpful observation! Indeed, this
must be the moon (it is not visible in the RealPlayer version of the video,
but indeed very clear on the animated GIF you posted).

It confirms that the video is looking East-Northeast. The moon for Leon was
at azimuth 78 degrees (for 16:45 UTC), and an altitude of 22 degrees.

This confirms what we write on the DMS website (www.dmsweb.org): this cannot
be a Quadrantid, and it cannot move on a NW-SE trajectory. It also suggests
that the fireball was located over the Basque province.

- Marco

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Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society
Leiden, the Netherlands
52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)

e-mail: meteorites_at_dmsweb.org
website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
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Received on Thu 08 Jan 2004 05:34:57 AM PST