Guest Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I just happened to be imaging in the right part of the sky! If I remove the haze, which was actually there, the meteor fades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Never mind the bit of haze, that is very nice widefield image. The meteor is going straight to the head of Davis's Dog asterism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Tweedledee said: Never mind the bit of haze, that is very nice widefield image. The meteor is going straight to the head of Davis's Dog asterism. Davis’s dog? Please enlighten us Pete! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 57 minutes ago, Smithysteve said: Davis’s dog? Please enlighten us Pete! ? As with all these asterisms you have to use a bit of imagination, just like with most constellations. Asterisms are fun. You'll find Davis's Dog and a few other little gems in this list... http://www.deep-sky.co.uk/asterisms.htm Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Tweedledee said: As with all these asterisms you have to use a bit of imagination, just like with most constellations. Asterisms are fun. You'll find Davis's Dog and a few other little gems in this list... http://www.deep-sky.co.uk/asterisms.htm Thanks Pete! Good info as usual ? Found it! I think the meteor is more likely to be heading for Davis’s dogs tail though, or is it me? It appears easy to find in bins between the Hyades and Pleiades too! I will have a look at this next chance plus have further look on the asterism site! Cheers ? Edited March 11, 2018 by Smithysteve Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, Smithysteve said: I think the meteor is more likely to be heading for Davis’s dogs tail though, or is it me? Quite possibly Steve. But that is exactly the problem with some of these spurious asterisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I have a book detailing 3600 asterisms! A good 3550 of them are rather spurious and it makes a very boring read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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