Observation by Bill Ward: Iron/Stony Iron Meteor

Uploaded by

Bill Ward

Observer

Bill Ward

Observed

2020 Oct 02 - 04:06

Uploaded

2020 Dec 11 - 20:30

Objects

Meteor
Spectrum

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Grus

Field centre

RA: 22^h44^m
Dec: -46°52'
Position angle: -0°27'

Field size

0°06' × 0°01'

Equipment

Watec 910HX/RC/12mm f0.8/830 lines/mm grating

Location

Kilwinning

Target name

Synthetic Colour High Resolution Meteor Spectrum

Title

Iron/Stony Iron Meteor

About this image

A very high resolution spectrum of an Fe/Fe stony meteor. Caught in the second order. Original spectrum has over 90 lines. Calcium, Magnesium, Iron (lots of iron), Sodium, Silicon, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium identified... and maybe Nickel. The line count continues to rise... ; - ))

Files associated with this observation

combined synthetic spectrum.jpg (263.1 kB)

Like this image

Dr Andrew Smith, David Basey

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.