[meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo

From: John Gwilliam <jkg2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:05:46 -0700
Message-ID: <20090712020555.JWMW17670.fed1rmmtao101.cox.net_at_fed1rmimpo02.cox.net>

And, with the addition of the Star Trek uniform, I think he's on his
way to becoming a legend...at least in his own mind anyway.

Whether the image proves to be an airplane of a meteor, I've always
had a hard time legitimizing people who dress-up like fictional
fantasy characters.

Best,
John Gwilliam

At 05:25 PM 7/11/2009, Rob Wesel wrote:
>The telescope image is cool and all but I'm diggin' the top one
>where he's in company with Einstein, Hawking and Galileo....a new hero emerges.
>
>Rob Wesel
>www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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>Luck is what happens
>When Preparation meets talent
>Mike Hankey, 2009
>
>or
>
>Luck is what happens when a light source crosses
>A random point in space while you are coincidentally
>Photographing that same random point in space.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzfoot at comcast.net>
>To: "'Meteorites USA'" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>; "'dean bessey'"
><deanbessey at yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 5:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo
>
>
>>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
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Meteorites
>>USA
>>Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 4:56 PM
>>To: dean bessey; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>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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>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Eric Wichman
>>Meteorites USA
>>http://www.meteoritesusa.com
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