[meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:03:07 +1100
Message-ID: <FD8AF47B3536407ABA9D03AD3ED88D9C_at_JeffPC>

That's a great image Mike and the animated image of the smoke trail is
fantastic too. I've never seen anything like that done before.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
To: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Global Meteor
Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:13 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] 2010 Quadrantids Meteor Photo


> With no moon and almost no clouds, we had a pretty awesome night for
> the peak of the Quadrantids.
>
> Inspired by Pierre Martin's Geminid photos, I decided to mount the
> DSLR and fisheye lens atop my CGEM and take some piggy backs. I shot
> 25 second ISO 800 exposures from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM EST. I only
> captured one meteor the whole night, but it was a good one.
>
> The meteor left behind a smoke trail that I photographed for 20+
> consecutive shots, that's almost 10 minutes. I think this may have
> been a small fireball.
>
> I made an animated gif showing the meteor and the smoke trail that
> dissipated afterward. You can see it here.
>
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/2010-quadrantids-meteor-shower/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Hankey
> Freeland MD
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Received on Tue 04 Jan 2011 11:03:07 PM PST