Observation by Martin Crow: Meteor?

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Martin Crow

Observer

Martin Crow

Observed

2020 Apr 14 - 20:05

Uploaded

2020 Apr 15 - 16:06

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Sextans

Field centre

RA: 10^h19^m
Dec: -09°52'
Position angle: +1°11'

Field size

0°27' × 0°23'

Equipment

235 dia SCT @f6.1
SX694 mono, 1x1, R filter

Location

Burnham on Crouch

Target name

Meteor

Title

Meteor?

About this image

While gathering data for the transit of WASP-43b a meteor photo bombed one of the frames. I'm guessing that it went through in the last fractions of a second at the end of the exposure and was truncated. It should be noted that the positions are ate the ends of the bright stream.

Files associated with this observation

WASP-43b 2020apr14 meteor.jpg (73.3 kB)

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Graham Winstanley, Jeremy Shears, Mr Michael Alan Frost, David Basey, Mr Simon Francis Dawes, Andy Wilson, Andrew Dumbleton, Ms Janice McClean, Peter Carson

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