Meteor or satellite?

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looyaa
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Meteor or satellite?

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Once again...decided to post another newbie question here.

Earlier in the night, I was at Dave's meteor watch session at Bishan Park for a short while. Met Dave, Bornfree & Hong Lian (hope I remember your name correct) and hope you guys have a fun night. Did a 150 interval shots sequence there when the north sky clears a bit but photos only show endless clouds cover with small patches of clear sky areas. Nothing of interest :(

Went home at 11:30pm to rest and resume interval shoot from my house balcony at around 3 plus. In the last set of 100 interval shots (26mm, 15 secs each, iso500, f/3.2) which starting at 4:35am, it seems that "something" was captured in one of the frames. This is the photo:

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Original photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58196275@N04/9484881288/

Only did some simple adjustments in PS - exposure, contrast, clarity, noise reduction and adjust levels to tighten the black & white range.

Need some help/comments/guide here on how to determine whether this is a meteor or satellite?

Additional info:
Time stamp - 11 August 2013, 4:43:18am
Camera was pointed towards 20-25 degree north-east direction, about 50-60 degree tilt.
Based on skysafari app, the center of the "something" was at 352 degree north and 60 degree above horizon.
btw a slight glimpse of andromeda galaxy can be seen at the left side of the tail of the "something" :)

If there is more info needed, pls let me know. big thanks!

George
looyaa
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Re: Meteor or satellite?

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After visually spotted a meteor at 3:44am (14 August 2013) among the thin clouds, left my cam to take interval shots before I going to sleep. Just finished looking through the shots. Looks like I have caught another meteor and this should be a perseid :)

Time stamp: 5:41am.
Cam was pointing at N 356 degree at about 60 degree tilt.
Shot at 14mm

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Details & original photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58196275@N04/9523415918/

Thanks Gary for the further pp edit

Thanks for viewing!
George

17/08/2013 edited: pic replaced by the further pp version by Gary which I like :)
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Re: Meteor or satellite?

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No more doubts whether this is a meteor or not. [smilie=good-job.gif]
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