Patrick, The upper part of that trail looks like a jet contrail that has been blown by the jet stream or upper winds, could that meteor be low enough for its trail to be affected by wind, say 40,000 to 50,000 ft? Wayne -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+webfootboat=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+webfootboat=comcast.net@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:47 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor Trail Joe Bauman wrote:
Wow, Patrick, those are cool. What's the really bright object near the
ground in the first photo? -- Joe
Glad you liked them. There have been enough positive comments that I'm now thinking of posting the whole series. As for the bright object, I _thought_ it was Arcturus. But now that I've compared the image to what I see on some planetarium software I'm not so sure. Anyone care to try and figure it out. The image was taken from just south of Beaver where highway 20 (visible in the image) cuts off to the east. Date was 05 NOV 1995 and the time was around 0400. Patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com