Hi,
I was oberserving through my stellarvue nighthawk at abt 4am this morning when I saw this little brigh star with a little glow on its tail. Its location was slightly above the moon. It was bluish-green with a tinge of orange along with it on its tail. Was it a comet or meteor that I saw? Or sumth else? I was facing north east. Can anyone confirm with me what I saw? Or was it just poor focusing? My magnification was abt 110x if that helps.
Regards,
Aq85
Meteor?
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Hi,
I don't think it is a meteor, if you saw it using 110x. You must be very lucky to see a meteor at such high magnification and if the star like object last more than a few seconds, then it will not be a meteor.
I don't think there is any bright comet currently near that area - Leo constellation, right ??
Most likely is just a defocused star cause by air turbulence and high humidity.
Have a nice day...
I don't think it is a meteor, if you saw it using 110x. You must be very lucky to see a meteor at such high magnification and if the star like object last more than a few seconds, then it will not be a meteor.
I don't think there is any bright comet currently near that area - Leo constellation, right ??
Most likely is just a defocused star cause by air turbulence and high humidity.
Have a nice day...
Yang Weixing
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Hi:
I won't want to rule out the possibility of a meteor.
If you are close to the sickle of the Leo (ie close to the radiant) , there is a chance you might stumbled on telescopic meteor since we are now on a upswing of leonids meteors..
Closer to radiant meteor will move relatively slowly compare at greater distance (eg at Orion) and their size will be shorter too.
rgds
yKChia
I won't want to rule out the possibility of a meteor.
If you are close to the sickle of the Leo (ie close to the radiant) , there is a chance you might stumbled on telescopic meteor since we are now on a upswing of leonids meteors..
Closer to radiant meteor will move relatively slowly compare at greater distance (eg at Orion) and their size will be shorter too.
rgds
yKChia