Meteors, All-Sky Camera, and the joys of technology.
The All-Sky camera I talked about in this post is giving me some major trouble. It appears the stupid video processing box has locked up when attempting to do some tweaks to the capturing. That means I get to try to get someone to power cycle it up there or make a trip up to Lapeer, MI in the near future. The next group trip I won't be able to go to because it'll be when I'm on my cruise. Go figure. I really would like this thing to cooperate with me and quit being a PITA!
Anyways, for those curious soles, here are the 3 best videos I have from 2008.
These are in order from most impressive to least impressive. This is a fairly fast moving meteor almost directly to the north. It's on the verge of being considered a fireball. It occurred on November 2nd at 01:13:26
The next one would be considered a fireball. It's traveling towards the N/NW and occurred on November 5th at 05:09:48. After the main explosion, you can see parts of the dust/gas light up for a tiny bit after the meteor continues on.
This is the most impressive one - a true Bolide. This occurred on November 1st at 00:25:01. Based on the fact that it is near the edge of the field of view and traveling almost directly south, it probably entered the atmosphere somewhere near Toledo, OH or even a little further south. You can see it almost completely saturates the capture box. It's brighter than the full moon!
My dream would be to own one of the SBIG cameras.. but they run anywhere from $2k to $8k.. but They Are Amazing.