Popular Post Orion Posted November 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2018 My video camera in Loughborough captured this bolide fireball, brighter than the moon on the video. Sirius is visible as a reference for the relative brightness. A remarkable perspective was that it appears to come right out of M42 in Orion. There are several explosions along the trail. Smithysteve, BAZ, +RonC and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 That's a cracking shot Derek. Your camera's are turning out the goods for you. Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Wow amazing Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Wow Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 That's awesome Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 That is really spectacular Derek. ? Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Fabulous capture! ? The Southern and Northern Taurids (peaking on 5/6th and 12/13th respectively) and are renowned for slow meteors - and the odd fireball! So it may have been a sporadic or more likely a Taurid. It would have been a real wow if you had seen live! ? Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Derek has just made East Midlands Today's weather forecast, prime spot no less! Will you still speak to us when you are famous Derek? ? +Ibbo and Orion 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Great capture Derek ! ? Thats a beauty ? Have you notified the meteor bods at the BAA ? Edited November 12, 2018 by Bino-viewer Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 Thanks. It reached the BBC News website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-46184642/fireball-caught-on-camera-in-loughborough?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR0JvrpOAM4VqNaXcOMR3Mc8CXCE4gmMbzqOsaPGS0_-aJEEe0HsM6I0310 It was captured by a few other cameras so there should be enough data to triangulate it and work out ground track, and a potential area where it could have come down, if any fragments survived that is. Early indications suggest a ground track in the SW, ending possibly Martock but I'm waiting to hear more news. Tweedledee and Smithysteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 22 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: Great capture Derek ! ? Thats a beauty ? Have you notified the meteor bods at the BAA ? Yes. Working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 What sort of camera is it? I catch a few while snapping constellations but never anything like that. I've thought of trying a dashcam but they are quite expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I just caught it on the BBC and thought that it looked like it was Derek's capture that they showed. Well done getting on the news Derek. ? Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 33 minutes ago, Sunny Phil said: What sort of camera is it? I catch a few while snapping constellations but never anything like that. I've thought of trying a dashcam but they are quite expensive. It's a Watec 902H2 S video camera (used ~£70) - new would be possibly £300-350?) with a 6 mm Cosmicar lens housed in a CCTV box. It has an internal heater to prevent dewing or freezing of the front glass plate. Power and Coax cables run into the house connected to a dedicated PC (Windows 7) which runs dusk till dawn, camera power managed by a digital timer, which needs to be tweaked to take account of the changing daylight time [camera power to the sensor must be off when the sun is up or it will be damaged). The camera is quite light sensitive and can get down to magnitudes about 2-3 I think. The magnitude of that fireball was about -8 according to the software that was used to analyse it. It may have been brighter in certain parts of the ablation trail. I have thought of a dashcam just for the car (for night meteors), but don't know if they are any good for anything other than a fireball. That's a good point - I have an ordinary webcam permanently on the window looking out at the garden, connected to a PC which uses iVideo (free) software, triggered by movement, to keep an eye on the garden. But the images are black at night. You've just reminded me that the webcam might have picked up the bolide. I must look in the archive of footage that build up - thanks. Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Checked the webcam and nothing recorded at the time of the bolide ? not light sensitive enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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