Observation by Alex Pratt: 20241023_034748 - bright sporadic meteor...

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2024 Oct 23 - 03:47

Uploaded

2024 Oct 23 - 22:39

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi4
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

20241023_034748 - bright sporadic meteor framed by geese

Title

20241023_034748 - bright sporadic meteor framed by geese

About this image

Oct 22/23 brought a clearer sky near the end of Orionid maximum. Not a large number of Orionids on display this week, each camera captured no more than 20 of them per night, although several minor showers were also active.

This stack from my west-facing camera (UK0090) shows 16 Orionids, 5 epsilon Geminids, 5 Leonis Minorids, 4 Southern Taurids and 18 sporadics. A highlight was the mag -3 sporadic meteor which shot down through And at 03:47:48 UT, passing over M31.

The ‘stringy’ arcs curving across the field was a skein of geese just after 22:00 UT, flying from NW to S (R to L). I heard them honking and saw them brightly illuminated by Leeds' excessive light pollution. It looks like one member took a different path then re-joined the group. It was much nicer to see them rather than the recent trains of Starlink satellites climbing towards Cygnus and Aquila.

Files associated with this observation

Meteor_stack_20241023_0000_ARP.jpg (134.4 kB)

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