Hello all,
I am retracting my early statements that Astro Mike's image is of an aircraft.
He was kind enough to provide me with the original RAW file for me to examine.
This allowed me to look at the image at full resolution and at full bit depth.
I too own a Canon 20D, which is the camera he
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I tried to work on the photo a little:
http://s313.photobucket.com/albums/ll394/darrengarrison/trails/
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This sounds a bit far fetched to me.
Mike
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,27574,25766157-2761,00.html
Perth space photographer Ray Palmer displays amazing pictures
EXPLODING rockets, monster comets and a sea of storms are all in a
night's work for Perth deep-space photographer Ray Pal
folks...
one more thing: I have a copy of Mike's original photo. please go to
http://twitpic.com/a2r6y , where I've posted a portion of it. copy it, enlarge
it, and examine the two phenomena marked with arrows.
there are two very faint streaks well to the lower right of the main set, and
there i
And, with the addition of the Star Trek uniform, I think he's on his
way to becoming a legend...at least in his own mind anyway.
Whether the image proves to be an airplane of a meteor, I've always
had a hard time legitimizing people who dress-up like fictional
fantasy characters.
Best,
John
-- On Sun, 7/12/09, Kelly Beatty wrote:
> Rich K: you'll have to cut Mike a little slack. he is just
> starting out in
> astronomy (last January, in fact). I don't know about you,
> but my astrophotos
> weren't nearly this good after having been in the hobby for
> just 6 months.
>
>
> clear s
"geometrically correcting for the photo's azimuth of 62 degrees..."
sorry, that should be "altitude", not "azimuth"
clear skies,
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Dean and list...
when I first saw Mike's image, my first impression was, "hmm, must have been
after fragmentation, because look at all those pieces!" too many to be plane
lights, IMHO. also, as I've plotted the photo against a star chart to determine
scale, etc, I can tell you that the orientation
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:46:49 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>Yes, he's wearing a S.T. Command uniform. Not a captain, no braid on sleeves,
>probably a Starfleet junior officer. Cool!
Likely a mistake at the space drycleaners. The guy is clearly a redshirt.
Someone needs to Photoshop in Tron Guy..
http
Yes, he's wearing a S.T. Command uniform. Not a captain, no braid on sleeves,
probably a Starfleet junior officer. Cool!
Carl
Rob Wesel wrote:
>The telescope image is cool and all but I'm diggin' the top one where he's
in company with Einstein, Hawking and Galileoa new hero emerges.
_
I still think it's an airplane. If it was a meteor, I'd expect to see
perhaps some weak afterglow image of the train snaking in the upper
atmosphere.
I see no hint of this. Unless the photographer stopped the exposure less
than a second after the "meteor's" appearance. The train snakes very
The telescope image is cool and all but I'm diggin' the top one where he's
in company with Einstein, Hawking and Galileoa new hero emerges.
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Well one thing for certain this NOT the same perspective which was first
posted. Live an learn.
Elton
--- On Sat, 7/11/09, dean bessey wrote:
> From: dean bessey
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo
> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, deanbes...@yahoo.com
> Dat
Another interesting feature that points to fireball is that the light
streaks are not consistent in intensity - like a flickering object. This
could be due to over-enhancement, but I don't think so. Every other
telescope/long exposure image I can find on the web (of aircraft) shows them
like solid
Hey Dean, List,
OK all... Before we get all excited over this. The photo IS in fact 100%
a fireball, without a doubt it is a fireball fragmentation. It came from
Mike Hankey and he has graciously let me post it on my meteorite blog.
There is an explanation of the photo below with links to enh
hey Dean,
When I had my amateur observatory in Florida, north of Tampa, I was on the
approach path for TPA. I often had streaks like this visible in my images. When
I first saw the image I thought "Aircraft. No question." Thanks for the link to
his website. Now that I see more data I am convin
--- On Sat, 7/11/09, Mike Bandli wrote:
I have captured numerous aircraft on long exposure and they all have strobes
and appear as segmented lines. This one certainly does not, though it may be so
close that it is not showing the break in strobes
>
I think the explanation for that is probably
That's an interesting assessment, Dean. I have captured numerous aircraft on
long exposure and they all have strobes and appear as segmented lines. This
one certainly does not, though it may be so close that it is not showing the
break in strobes. Either way, it's definitely something to ponder,
es
>>Is not exactly all that it is cracked up to be.<<
Well...I' ve been gone these last 3 weeks and had to delete about 800
emails. Looks like I missed a lot of activity. I have to agree with Dean about
this photo...looks like an aircraft to me. I got many negatives with the
same patterns and
I hate to be a party pooper when everybody is all excited about having a photo
of a meteor fall but astro mikes photo shown on his webpage here:
http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/
Is not exactly all that it is cracked up to be.
Reporters are renouned for not properly checking their info in an effor
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:17:07 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi All
>Looks like ET sold his angrite.
>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/multimilliondollar_meteorite_h.html
Not sold yet:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200359364975
Hi All
Looks like ET sold his angrite.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/multimilliondollar_meteorite_h.html
How cool Congrats to ET.
Mike
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Michael Farmer wrote:
but now it is all contracts and publicists, gotta get into
character and makeup, more of a business now than good time:)
Dear Mike:
Once again you are completely wrong and gassing about things of which
you know nothing. We don't wear makeup and, in case you hadn't
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:06:32 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>I told my girl Sara about the content of the threads here and she suggested it
>sounds exactly like this:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hii28qoOt8M
I, for one, would welcome the press attention from Mike Farmer and Steve Arnold
hunting a
It is a kind of blood sport, gotta have fun with it.
I wish we had the greatest meteorite hunter in the world here.
He could sure help us in AZ. It hasn't always been this way, we used to have
fun with them, but now it is all contracts and publicists, gotta get into
character and makeup, more
I'm just now finished catching up on the recent activity on this list after
I've nursed my own sunburn and blisters.
I told my girl Sara about the content of the threads here and she suggested it
sounds exactly like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hii28qoOt8M
She seems to be spot on and
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While I was out in the field myself, Steve started a thread about handing out
fact sheets to the media after a fall. Very good idea.
In Mike's thread he complained about the total lack of information that was
published on what the locals should look for, instead focusing on the monetary
value
Thanks Geoff, Just received the magazine! Cool article. Beautiful
cover art.
I have been curious about Tucson as a city and the magazine has a wealth
of info on Tucson.
Thanks again, Tom
In a message dated 7/2/2009 11:10:07 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
geok...@notkin.net writes:
Dea
Ehm... shouldn't we find first a piece of that fall at all?
Not that this exchange of demonstrations of respect and amenities
will have been in the end
about nothing.
???
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This is a good opportunity for my usual Call for papers. The August issue
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1. In response to you, Moni, I have already b
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