[meteorite-list] Vesta, Ceres, Jupiter, AND a meteor
From: Charles Butterfield <cmb62_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:20:19 -0500 Message-ID: <000001cde6b1$f1639e90$d42adbb0$_at_columbus.rr.com> Hi Jodie, Very nice! Timing IS everything, isn't it? As a budding astrophotographer, may I ask what you used to annotate the shot? Best regards, Charley "Well, squids don't work. Hey! Let's try elephants !" Hannibal Message: 2 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:33:28 -0800 From: Jodie Reynolds <spacerocks at spaceballoon.org> Subject: [meteorite-list] Vesta, Ceres, Jupiter, AND a meteor To: 'Meteorite List' <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Message-ID: <1859240655.20121229203328 at spaceballoon.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I was out just before moon-rise trying to see if I could catch Vesta, Ceres, and Jupiter together. Just after I opened the shutter for a 6" exposure, I saw a meteoroid streak across the sky apparent heading towards Ain. Very short and dim, I hoped it'd be enough to expose at 1000ISO. It did! Vesta, Ceres, Jupiter, and a meteor trail in the same frame! Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good! Here it is with the red channel processed up a little bit to expose it. Sorry about the sky noise, I was shooting through a sucker-hole in the clouds and the moon was already brightening the sky. No other processing other than resize to 1280x1024. http://www.spaceballoon.org/vesta-ceres-jupiter-meteor.jpg (Canon 50D,17-40L _at_ 40mm,6",f/4, ISO1000, 18:37:04 - 18:37:10 PST [02:37 UTC]) P.S. Pardon the annotations, I needed them for registration to find the darned minor planets. ;) Received on Sun 30 Dec 2012 12:20:19 PM PST |
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