[meteorite-list] Aussie Photographs Meteor Through Telescope

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>IF this were a timed exposure, then the  head would have been a constant 
diameter along the trail.   IMHO<<

I looked at this photo on the website and made a copy with  which I 
brightened and enlarged. In my opinion, this photo looks a lot like what  I would 
expect of a meteor thru a small telescope. With my brightened version,  you 
can see a solid trail along with the squiggily residual train outside of the  
trail. I get the impression that this meteor was probably in the range of 
-2 to  about -6 in magnitude. Not likely to produce any meteorites. The head 
wouldn't  necessarily be a constant diameter along the trail. The meteor 
could easily  start out very thin and fatten as it travels along and flares 
with  ablation.  It can also flare off and on or dim and bright...that is in 
and  out of the camera's ability to capture it fully. It looks normal to me. 
Maybe  not all meteors will look like this, but still nothing unusual. It's a 
 keeper....
George Zay