frame #2 (11:10pm - 11:20pm PST, 11/16) Click for HI-RES image |
VERY bright fireball, with smoky debris-trail (that bisects the meteor-trail's apex). The radiant is from Leo, which is just rising above the East horizon (the outline of Leo's sickle is drawn-in). Note that the debris-trail disperses/persists for AT LEAST 30 minutes (see below, frame #4). |
frame #4 (11:40pm - 11:50pm PST, 11/16) Click for HI-RES image |
Note the LONG 60 deg meteor-trail, going East -> West. The radiant is from Leo, which is just rising above the East horizon (the outline of Leo's sickle is drawn-in). NOTE: the *terminus* of the meteor trail is a VERY bright & large, indicating an energetic release. Note the dispersion of debris-trail (see arrow), from a previous meteor (see above). |
frame #13 (1:00am - 1:10am PST, 11/17) Click for HI-RES image |
Note the *multiple* meteors, 5 of them (3 near the radiant, near Zeta-Leo, within Leo's Sickle). (Also, check out the 6x7 105mm shot taken at this time, which shows 8 near-radiant meteors). This near-radiant area obviously had an meteor-activity "burst". Observers world-wide noted such "clustering" effect, where many meteors were observed in quick-succession in a localized-area. Note the VERY bright fireball near Zeta-Leo, with the 2-pronged (bifurcated) debris-trail. (See 85mm section for images with better image-scale). I actually saw it naked-eye, which had a very yellowish-glow & distinctive "effect" (integration of light over a small area, due to fore-shortened meteor-path). |
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