[meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo

From: Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:12:04 -0700
Message-ID: <452FC9906D8748D1B326DDA1E0D2E398_at_Bandli1>

Another interesting feature that points to fireball is that the light
streaks are not consistent in intensity - like a flickering object. This
could be due to over-enhancement, but I don't think so. Every other
telescope/long exposure image I can find on the web (of aircraft) shows them
like solid bars of light or strobes. Also, it may be my screen, but I cannot
see red or blue lights in Hankey's image.

A good example of a large plane:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0708/M33airplane_stephan720.jpg

or search Google Images for many more.

Mike Bandli


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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo

Hey Dean, List,

OK all... Before we get all excited over this. The photo IS in fact 100%
a fireball, without a doubt it is a fireball fragmentation. It came from
Mike Hankey and he has graciously let me post it on my meteorite blog.

There is an explanation of the photo below with links to enhanced
images. It is not a plane, though I thought it was when I first looked
at it, after careful examination and looking at the hi-res images it is
a fireball/bolide event captured in the photo. There are too many
streaks large and small for this to be a plane unless that plane is lit
up like a Christmas tree.

In addition you will notice that toward the bottom of the image the
streak get further apart, just as pieces of the fireball would have done
during fragmentation...

Look at this hi-res image:
http://meteoriteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/meteorjuly62009-watermar
ked-blog.jpg

And this one here which I enhanced to show the streaks a bit clearer:
http://meteoriteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Fireball-Photo-MH-closeu
p.jpg

And this one:
http://meteoriteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Fireball-Photo-Mike-Hank
ey-.jpg

Read the blog post here:
http://meteoriteblog.com/fireball-photos-meteor-streaks-through-sky-pa-fireb
all/

Enjoy...

Regards,
Eric

P.S. Sky & Telescope has asked Hankey to publish the image...




dean bessey wrote:
> --- On Sat, 7/11/09, Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have captured numerous aircraft on long exposure and they all have
strobes and appear as segmented lines. This one certainly does not, though
it may be so close that it is not showing the break in strobes <snip>
>
> I think the explanation for that is probably that usually you photograph
small slow moving aircraft like a cessna while this is a much larger
aircraft (Due to all of the light streaks - a small cessna wouldent have as
many lights) and was probably moving faster and further away (Although not
30,000 feet as there were landing lights on).
> Anybody also notice that in the photo the "Meteor" is going up toward
space rather than falling like you would expect a meteor to do?
> Cheers
> DEAN
>
>
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