Observation by Bill Ward: Iron meteor

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Bill Ward

Observer

Bill Ward

Observed

2019 Nov 07 - 23:27

Uploaded

2019 Nov 11 - 18:06

Objects

Meteor
Spectrum

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Constellation

Grus

Field centre

RA: 22^h46^m
Dec: -46°54'
Position angle: +1°48'

Field size

0°07' × 0°01'

Equipment

ZWO174MM
25mm f1.3
600 Line/mm UV grating

Location

Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.

Target name

Pure Fe meteor spectrum

Title

Iron meteor

About this image

Synthetic spectrum of a gorgeous high resolution pure Fe meteor. 61 lines positively identified in this one!

Files associated with this observation

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