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Orion Meteor Strike, The Winchcombe meteor seen over Gloucestershire
A WOW moment, I saw this huge fireball whiz through Orion as I was imaging the Orion Nebula, I quickly looked at the camera to see if it had caught the meteor, it had during a 30 second exposure. Made my day after a poor winters viewing. Due to the very few clear nights this winter, I decided to image the Orion nebula even though the full moon was present, it was probably my last chance to image the nebula before it sank too low toward the horizon by 9.00pm. A good decision to set up early, could easily have not bothered due to the moon making the sky too bright for imaging.
Equiptment,
Sky Watcher MN190 PRO MAK/NEWT, 7 inch F5.3.
Sky Watcher NEQ6 goto mount.
Guiding with MGEN 3 Autoguider.
Canon 760D DSLR.
Single 30 second exposure @ ISO800, no filters were used.
The meteor, probably part of an Asteroid may well have originated from the asteroid belt around between Mars and Jupiter, exploded in the sky above Cheltenham UK. It was bright enough to be recorded by door bell video cameras. There are about 13 individual streaks the various colors might provide a spectroscopic analysis of the meteors composition, the lowest streak brightens and expands at one point.
Orion Meteor Strike, The Winchcombe meteor seen over Gloucestershire
A WOW moment, I saw this huge fireball whiz through Orion as I was imaging the Orion Nebula, I quickly looked at the camera to see if it had caught the meteor, it had during a 30 second exposure. Made my day after a poor winters viewing. Due to the very few clear nights this winter, I decided to image the Orion nebula even though the full moon was present, it was probably my last chance to image the nebula before it sank too low toward the horizon by 9.00pm. A good decision to set up early, could easily have not bothered due to the moon making the sky too bright for imaging.
Equiptment,
Sky Watcher MN190 PRO MAK/NEWT, 7 inch F5.3.
Sky Watcher NEQ6 goto mount.
Guiding with MGEN 3 Autoguider.
Canon 760D DSLR.
Single 30 second exposure @ ISO800, no filters were used.
The meteor, probably part of an Asteroid may well have originated from the asteroid belt around between Mars and Jupiter, exploded in the sky above Cheltenham UK. It was bright enough to be recorded by door bell video cameras. There are about 13 individual streaks the various colors might provide a spectroscopic analysis of the meteors composition, the lowest streak brightens and expands at one point.