Observation by Graham Winstanley: Kappa Cygnid (?) fireball

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Graham Winstanley

Observer

Graham Winstanley

Observed

2018 Aug 24 - 01:27

Uploaded

2018 Aug 26 - 16:09

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

ASI120MM with meteor lens

Exposure

8 sec

Location

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Target name

kappa Cygnid

Title

Kappa Cygnid (?) fireball

About this image

The only success from several hours over the last week or so. No coverage of Perseid max due to cloud or being unavailable.

This image is not being reproduced very well on the website. The original has some of the Milky Way visible. Now adjusted in PS CS2, so hope it looks better.

Files associated with this observation

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Jeremy Shears, Andy Wilson, David Basey, Peter Carson, Callum Potter, Mr Leonard Entwisle, Dean Ashton OBE

Comments

Derek Robson, 2018 Aug 28 - 02:34 UTC

Excellent capture. Very glad you got this. I got it too (well, most of it, missed the start). You have a lot of background stars for astrometric measurements of the meteor. Run it through Astrometry dot Net to plate solve it and put a grid on it. Then you can read off values of points along the meteor and use for triangulation.

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