Jan 27/28 2010

Jan 24 2010 Video Patrol

Close to dawn two negative magnitude sporadic meteors appeared.  Note Crux at lower left and the 'double' image of Sirius which correspond to the last two meteor entries just mentioned.

Meteor with long path length

 Selected frame to show the progression of the meteor flight.

2:43 am - the system detected a meteor dragging a short tail  transversing  the FOV. (89x64). The path looks curved due to the wide angle distortion from the lens.

7 minutes later another meteor was detected.

Cloudy sky meteors

The one that got away

Partial Solar Eclipse Jan 15 2010

Friday Afternoon  Partial Eclipse  -  Maximum coverage is around 21%. 

Simulation of Jan 15 '10 Solar partial Eclipse

25mm f0.95 wat902H2 Ultimate

Meteor near ' Pointers'

Sky continued to be cloudy..  A lone meteor with flarings ended near the Pointers to Crux