ASTRO: M42 and a meteor?

Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

Gordan wrote:

Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

I'm not sure I see your meteor. You mead the vertical line coming out
of the brightest star in the image? If so that is due to something in
the system. Most likely a slight film over an optical element. Could
be on the cover for the sensor chip or in the scope itself. I see a
similar line just starting on the second brightest star next to it.

It could also be a bloom due to overloading the chip. I've not seen
that in a EOS 350 before.

BTW, I have far more trouble with satellites than meteors in my shots.
Seems I get a satellite in every fourth or fifth frame but I'm yet to
capture a meteor in almost 3 years of CCD imaging. I've even imaged
right through all major showers and many minor ones and still not one
has crossed my path. But satellites drive me nuts. It is very rare for
me to image an object without at least one, 3 being the most common
number picked up.

Rick

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Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

Gordon,

is the meteor indicated by the arrow on this redo of your image?

Bob


On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100, "Gordan"
wrote:

Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

Hi, Bob,
sorry, I don't see your image in this newsgroup (meteor.bump). Do you know
why? There are a lot more images sent by others that I cannot see, I see
just " ASTRO: ..." to that posts and I don't see the posts with images (I
see some of them, but not all). Why?
The "meteor" trail on my image is very faint and it's located just a little
bit to the right from the center of the image, at the angle of 80 degrees
roughly (direction from "1" to "7" on the clock). It passes just over a star
near the middle of it's trail.
Tnx,
Gordan
"Robert Price" wrote in message
...
Gordon,

is the meteor indicated by the arrow on this redo of your image?

Bob


On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100, "Gordan"
wrote:

Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

this is posted with Agent 2.0/32.

Robert Price

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100, "Gordan"
wrote:

Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

I tried enhancing the photo and can't find what you describe at all.
Can your repost it with it marked?

As I mentioned before it would be highly unlikely that it is a meteor.
Satellite yes, they are very common but meteors are extremely rare on
narrow angle shots. The angle you describe, if you rotate your shot so
north is up wouldn't be too far off from the angle a Russian eastern
launched satellite would cross the image. A bit too steep as described.
Since I can't see anything other than parts of the nebula itself that
fits your description I'm lost without a guide to point it to me.

Sounds like your news provider is blocking image posts if none are
getting through. You need to look for a provider that doesn't block them.

Rick

Gordan wrote:

Hi, Bob,
sorry, I don't see your image in this newsgroup (meteor.bump). Do you know
why? There are a lot more images sent by others that I cannot see, I see
just " ASTRO: ..." to that posts and I don't see the posts with images (I
see some of them, but not all). Why?
The "meteor" trail on my image is very faint and it's located just a little
bit to the right from the center of the image, at the angle of 80 degrees
roughly (direction from "1" to "7" on the clock). It passes just over a star
near the middle of it's trail.
Tnx,
Gordan
"Robert Price" wrote in message
...

Gordon,

is the meteor indicated by the arrow on this redo of your image?

Bob


On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100, "Gordan"
wrote:


Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

Just a few weeks ago looking at M-42 me and another observer. Saw Five, yes
FIVE Sat's trailing one another right behind each other. I was a 25mm on a
sct 11" f-10 and I saw all five at once. One of the weirdest things I have
seen. Plus there is a GEOS Syn. Sat that goes thru M-42 every winter. Or
M-42 goes by it...



"Gordan" wrote in message
...
Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan

Rick,
I enhanced the original frame and marked the "meteor" ("start" and "end" may
be reverse, off course). The frame was taken on January, 8th at 20:01 UT,
exposure time was 13 seconds (@ ISO 800, F/5). Now I see that brightness of
the trail is very uniform and I assume that it is probably a satellite, not
a meteor. But, now a second question arises: what satellite makes such a
short trail in 13 seconds? By my estimation the trail is only about 6 arc
minutes long. Maybe the satellite is very high...
Thanks for comments!
Gordan


"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
...
I tried enhancing the photo and can't find what you describe at all.
Can your repost it with it marked?

As I mentioned before it would be highly unlikely that it is a meteor.
Satellite yes, they are very common but meteors are extremely rare on
narrow angle shots. The angle you describe, if you rotate your shot so
north is up wouldn't be too far off from the angle a Russian eastern
launched satellite would cross the image. A bit too steep as described.
Since I can't see anything other than parts of the nebula itself that
fits your description I'm lost without a guide to point it to me.

Sounds like your news provider is blocking image posts if none are
getting through. You need to look for a provider that doesn't block them.

Rick

Gordan wrote:

Hi, Bob,
sorry, I don't see your image in this newsgroup (meteor.bump). Do you
know
why? There are a lot more images sent by others that I cannot see, I see
just " ASTRO: ..." to that posts and I don't see the posts with images
(I
see some of them, but not all). Why?
The "meteor" trail on my image is very faint and it's located just a
little
bit to the right from the center of the image, at the angle of 80 degrees
roughly (direction from "1" to "7" on the clock). It passes just over a
star
near the middle of it's trail.
Tnx,
Gordan
"Robert Price" wrote in message
...

Gordon,

is the meteor indicated by the arrow on this redo of your image?

Bob


On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100, "Gordan"
wrote:


Is there a meteor on this shot?
The core of M42, 15% crop fro original, taken on January, 08. 2008. from
Cakovec, Croatia.
GSO Newtonian 200 mm F/5, prime focus through Baader MPCC, EQ6 Synscan
pro
mount.
7 subframes, 110 sec total exposure @ ISO 800 (Canon EOS 350 D).
Processed in DSS, Neat Image and PS7.
Greetings to all,
Gordan