Sprite 15 December '10

Taurid fireball with multiple flares

Multiple flares - signature of a Taurid. I was right!  A trajectory  plot confirm that.

after a long break meteors return

Meteor Oct 2

A long trail meteor vs a contrail near Moon

Jupiter's Moon handheld camcorder shoot

 TRV99E-PAL Sony Hi-8 camcorder : Handheld video shot of Jupiter and its moon (3 visible here)

    Jupiter's Moon(Video)  taken last evening. You can see 3 of the 4 moons lined up in the video as follow:

C= Callisto, E=Europa G=Ganymede

Sep 11 Meteors

Aug 31 Am meteors

Sprite Series - Carrots/Blue Jets ...

 

 

 

Instead of meteor ( see image below)  i got a bunch of Sprite and carrot-like blue jets. Video here

 

Aug 17 2010

Pers Aug 16 '20 am - Birds - spiralling bug

PERs Aug 13 2010

 

01:22  am Perseid grazer with wake in video

A typical averag Per..

A slight clouded out sky at critical time period 5 am onwards..

Video here. Overall impression is less than what i detected last year.

Combining Aug 12 & 13 - radiant plots of the Per members as follow:

Imagine the Perseids raining down this wide scattered area seen through the two nights. Single station cant figure out the angle of descent but just imagine the longest trace on the upper left entering the atmosphere at a shallow angle when the radiant is low in the east.

Aug 11/12 Pers

Perseids August 12 early AM.[ video here ]Cloudy and lightning flashes 00-02 hrs
Activity peak around 05:44 or UT Aug 11'10  20:26. So if  you want quick look. Wake up 5am and go out and watch. 

Recap Last year Aug 13

National Day 2010 - Venus, Mars, Saturn and Mercury

 Grouping of the planets. When Mars meets Venus

but Saturn is around and Mercury not too far too.

Aug 9 2010 - ve mag Per and Pau fireball

Bright -2.3 Per. ( else where in the world there are reports of -5, -8, -10 Per fireball)

A Piscis Austrinid (Pau) fireball -2.8!

The dSLR 15mm general view of the star trails

Sigma15mmf2.8EX view

Night sky in color.. click to find Constellation of Scorpion near the top. I have to open the window grille 

placed the eos on the tripod.  The watec 902H and 3.8 lens on the lower left. 20s ASA 400

Aug 07 2010 - Bright Per and others

A composite plot of selected meteors from local time 00:00-06:30am Aug 07'10.
A thin grazing angle PER (01:45)  is seen at top frame and 3.5 hours plus later a bright PER (05:23) 
Meteors activity picks up as many streams are active.[Video]

Bright Perseids Aug 05 2010

Bright Perseids and a -3.2 fireball near the building close to antennae mid lower right. ( see image below)

A bright terminal flash mag -3.2! Watch the video of these meteors.

aug 02/03 2010 - Sdas, Caps and Perseids

SDA Meteor Streams

A sampling of the SDAs and others meteors above.
Been raining for the past few days. 

7/29 nite i decided to risk rain and put out the videoccd. 

SDA dominates the scene..in early 

hours of 7/30. Exactly one year ago, result then

Parent body of the comet is still  unknown.

Faint halo detected by infra sensitive ccd

 

Flying in formation.

Meteor Talk 2010 Jul 31

Meteors Jul 16 , 15,12,10 '10 - Counting Down to Perseids 2010

Counting  Down to Perseids 2010 August 13. 

 Mid July Perseids starting  to appear while sporadic (SPO) still dominate. 

Only 4 Per detected in two separate night 

07_16 ( x2 Per)

07_15( x2 Per)

 

07_12 ( x0 Per)

 

07_10 (x0 Per) 

Note x1 meteor with a bright star-like terminal burst