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And the view from the RM NE Meteor Camera

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13 December 2014 at 6:46 pm #576706
Alex Pratt
Participant

Hi William,

Congratulations on recording the fuel dump ‘comet’.

I also captured that meteor on my Leeds_SE camera. UFO Analyser categorised it as a -2.1m December alpha Aurigid, although it was well aligned with the Geminids radiant. I’m sure our dual-station analysis will rank it as a Geminid.

The faint object to the RHS of my meteor trail is not the glow of the fuel dump, it is a ghost image of the Moon, lying outside the FoV.

Clear skies,

     Alex.