Very bright meteor 11.35, 16Aug, did anyone else see it ??

Dave,

My camera is centered on az. 86 degrees; alt. 56 degrees.
Myself and Mike Foylan are monitoring the same area of sky for meteors over the Dublin/Wicklow area as part of a project in conjuction with Armagh Observatory. By monitoring the same area of sky, we effectively have a double-station whereby we can track meteors using a parallax effect and re-trace their path out into the solar system. We can also pinpoint the radiant of a meteor and automatically confirm if it is part of a known meteor shower or not. Magnitude estimates, etc are also calculated.

Anyway, getting back to the point at hand: at that time of night, my camera was centered on the region between Cygnus, Lacerta and Pegasus - so it just missed it. My camera has a 12mm lens, so it is not fish-eye or anything close to it. It has a FOV of approx 30deg horz x 23deg vert. It is a trade-off between covering a wide area of sky versus accurately plotting the trajectory of the meteor relative to the background stars to ensure an accurate calculation of the meteor trajectory.

Michael.

oh well, thats a pity, you just missed out on it so.