Observation by Alex Pratt: 20220225_215014 - a bright meteor - over...

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2022 Feb 26 - 16:59

Uploaded

2022 Feb 26 - 16:59

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi3
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

20220225_215014 - a bright meteor - over South Yorkshire?

Title

20220225_215014 - a bright meteor - over South Yorkshire?

About this image

This bright meteor was recorded on my SE-facing RMS camera UK000J - and my SW-facing UK000U just caught the end of its appearance. It was also fully recorded on my UFO Capture camera Leeds_SE. Both systems classify it as a slow-moving sporadic, duration 3.6s, with a peak apparent magnitude of around -2.5 to -2.9. (The fainter parallel line under the meteor is its internal reflection).

It matches this event on the IMO's Fireballs Database

https://fireballs.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2022/1318?org=imo

It was bright, but not as intense as the visual reports of mags -10 to -18. The estimates of around mag -5 by observers nearer its ground track are more realistic.

Files associated with this observation

UK000J_20220225_215014_ARP.gif (810.1 kB)

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