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Post by ukmjk on Apr 13, 2014 20:12:16 GMT
Very hard to give an idea of magnitude due to the cloud cover, but when you compare it to Mars , visible just inside the halo around the moon, to the right and down of where the meteor ends, it was very bright.
youtu.be/kGRfXA7tOw4
The 'stars' over on the left are stuck pixels
Martin K
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Post by stewartw on Apr 14, 2014 6:47:19 GMT
Hi Martin - I'm quite NEMETODE cameras picked this one up too ... what was the time of your capture? And do you have the observing location and direction in which the camera was pointing?
Cheers
William
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Post by ukmjk on Apr 14, 2014 8:00:33 GMT
Hi William The video was taken at 21:19:20 bst on 11th april 2014 The camera is located in Weston Coyney, Stoke on Trent and points up at about 60 degrees and just very slightly north of east. The view is very wide covering from just west of the pole star on the left of the frame, to, as you could see on the video, past Mars (which was just east of south at the time) on the right of the frame. Martin K
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Post by stewartw on Apr 14, 2014 11:49:05 GMT
Hi Martin,
Yes, I can confirm that this is indeed the same one as imaged by NEMETODE cameras located in Ravensmoor and Leeds - will try and get something up on the website tonight.
The NEMETODE PCs are synchronised to an NTP time server and have this event clocked at 20:19:10 GMT (ie 21:19:10 BST). The following report appears on the Armagh firebal report page:
•Date: 2014-Apr-11 •Time: 9.20pm •Location: Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside •Report: Streak of white light behind light cloud cover travelling North to South just under moon. Estimate at about 30-40 degrees above horizon. Visible for two seconds. I was facing due South, so it appeared on my left. No sound heard. Visibly disintegrated. Faded away to nothing. Didn't seem to be traveling at a steep inclination, more horizontal. Maybe somewhere between Liverpool and Manchester.
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Intersting to note the fragmentation reported visually, in your video and in the Ravensmoor video (haven't seen the Leeds video yet but it too may show the fragmentation).
Start Lat / Long / Altitude: 53.173 N / 01.470 W / 85.3km End Lat / Long / Altitude: 52.811 N / 01.605 W / 57.0km
Absolute magnitude is given as 0.3 but this is a significant underestimate - due probably to the absence of reference stars against which an accurate determination could be made.
Nice capture!
Best regards
William
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Post by michaelmorris on Apr 14, 2014 12:34:46 GMT
I haven't yet got around to checking my camera (in Worcester) for the night of the 11th. I'll let you know if I picked up anything.
UPDATE - 17:47 - Just checked, nothing picked up on my camera.
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Post by BillW on Apr 14, 2014 19:13:44 GMT
Well done guys and welcome aboard MartinK!
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Post by ukmjk on Apr 14, 2014 19:32:00 GMT
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