DESCRIPTION: I superimposed a grid onto my unedited live composite image to measure the characteristics of the meteor's path. After scaling my digital ruler to measure degrees, I created azimuth and altitude lines and used sky software to mark the sky's exact pole. Faintly visible is the transparent protractor that I used to measure the meteor's trajectory angle of 197. TECHNICAL DETAILS: Olympus Live Composite Facing North. P8021048. 2022 August 2. 10:14 p.m. CDT. 60 minute composite (1,441 frames x 2.5 sec.) Sidereal time = 18:09 to 19:09. f/2.0. ISO 800. Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III camera with Olympus M.Zuiko 12 mm lens. Observing site: Bloomingdale, Illinois USA.

Benjamin Bart
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