Observation by Alex Pratt: 20221121_043901 - Leonid meteor

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2022 Nov 21 - 04:39

Uploaded

2022 Dec 05 - 17:16

Objects

Meteor

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Constellation

Leo

Field centre

RA: 10^h22^m
Dec: +08°52'
Position angle: -25°49'

Field size

50° × 29°

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi 3B
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

20221121_043901 - Leonid meteor

Title

20221121_043901 - Leonid meteor

About this image

The Leonids are the swiftest of the major meteor showers, entering the Earth's atmosphere at 71 km/s. At that velocity even a few grams can produce a negative magnitude Leonid.

During November my video cameras recorded over 100 Leonids and quite a few of the bright ones were captured in hazy skies or through gaps in the clouds. This is one of my favourites because it gives a clear view of Leo and the meteor's radiant near the Sickle on that date. RMS ranked it as mag 0.6 whereas my parallel UFO Capture camera logged it as mag -1.

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