frame #9 (10:45pm - 11:00pm PST, 12/13)![]() Click for HI-RES image |
NOTE: This is the SAME fireball, as recorded with the 16mm camera-cluster (see 16mm section) Note the LONG 90+ deg meteor-trail (!). The end-trail has increasing breadth, with a bulge-like terminus. The radiant is from Gemini (near Castor), which is above the South-East horizon. |
frame #19 (1:45am - 2:00am PST, 12/14)![]() Click for HI-RES image |
NOTE: This is the SAME fireball, as recorded with the 16mm camera-cluster (see 16mm section) 20+ deg meteor-trail, through Hydra (below Leo). The radiant is from Gemini (near Castor), which is near the zenith. [ frame needs to be re-scanned, sorry about the "purple artifact" ] |
frame #33 (4:00am - 4:05am PST, 12/14)![]() Click for HI-RES image |
NOTE: This is the SAME fireball, as recorded with the 14mm camera-cluster (see 14mm section), 24mm camera-cluster (see 24mm section), 35mm camera-cluster (see 35mm section), 50mm camera-cluster (see 50mm section) 15+ deg meteor-trail, in Orion (pointing toward M42). Orion (& Gemini, the radiant) is setting in the west. Note that the crescent moon (& nearby Mars) has risen in the east. [ frame needs to be re-scanned, sorry about the "purple artifact" ] |
frame #36 (4:15am - 4:20am PST, 12/14)![]() Click for HI-RES image |
NOTE: This is the SAME fireball, as recorded with the 16mm camera (see 16mm section) 40+ deg meteor-trail, in Corvus. Note that the meteor is headed towards the eastern horizon, while Orion (& Gemini, the radiant) is setting in the west. Note that the crescent moon (& nearby Mars) are rising in the east. |
frame #17 (2ndary roll A) (~5:20am PST, 12/14)![]() Click for HI-RES image |
NOTE: This is the SAME fireball, as recorded with the 14mm camera (see 16mm section), 24mm camera (see 24mm section) 20+ deg meteor-trail, in Auriga. Note that the meteor is headed towards the North-Western horizon, while Orion (& Gemini, the radiant) is setting in the west. Note that the crescent moon (& nearby Mars) are well placed in the South-East. |
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: come back until Dec 25 for additional images |