December 2004 Observations

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Meteor Tracker images from Dec 14, 2004
A bright Geminid meteor passes Betelgeuse...
Image 1     Image 6
Image 2     Image 7
Image 3     Image 8
Image 4     Image 9
Image 5     Wide Field Camera Image

  RegiStax enhanced wide-field image

Narrow Field camera Animated GIF (2.1 Mb)
Wide Field Camera Animated GIF (3.3 Mb)

This was a fairly impressive Geminid lasting over 1.5 seconds and reaching several times the brightness of Betelgueuse. The 9 images above are from the narrow field camera; a PC-164 HR with a 35mm f1.2 lens ~ 8x6 deg FOV.

Geminid Meteor image
Geminid Meteor Dec 14, 2004 04:23:00UT
More 2004 Geminids:
    Geminid Dec 14, 2004 07:36UT     Narrow Field Camera 780 Kb Animated GIF
    Geminid Dec 14, 2004 08:51UT     Narrow Field Camera 474 Kb Animated GIF

Image of a 22 degree halo
Image of a 22 Degree Halo

22 Degree Halo
December 3, 2004

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