Observation by Alex Pratt: Fireball - 20240412_230359

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2024 Apr 12 - 23:03

Uploaded

2024 Apr 18 - 09:36

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi4
RMS software
Watec 910 HX video camera and 8 mm f/0.8 Computar lens
UFO Capture software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

Fireball - 20240412_230359

Title

Fireball - 20240412_230359

About this image

A composite of the fireball captured on a couple of my north-facing cameras, UK001H (RMS) and Leeds_N (UFO Capture). Because of the cloud cover it wasn't analysed by RMS, but UFO Analyser categorised it as a sporadic meteor with a peak apparent magnitude of -5. A small section of the end of its trail was captured on my UK002P camera (RMS 16 mm lens) and is not included in the attached image.

(Leeds_N has a diffraction grating - the bright areas to the left and right of its image are poor-quality spectra of the fireball's flaring).

Bill Ward recorded a high-quality spectrum which is discussed here.

Files associated with this observation

Fireball_20240412_230359_ARP.jpg (138.2 kB)

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