Unique imagery of meteor strike

[Avdhoeven]

Two weeks ago I was imaging the Milky Way in Austria. When processing I found something unique (I think). In four of the images a meteor strike with after that an expanding plasma cloud was clearly visible:

Meteorite explosion by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

After combining the first two images I noticed also a possible breakup event that released a blue plasma cloud and a piece of debris, while also even showing the North America Nebula:

Meteorite vaporization detail by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

[Gutross]

that is badass, pure chance!

[Moon-Watcher]

Awesome pictures.  Loving the initial "explosion".

Mark 

[xtreemchaos]

great catch mate and  lovely images. thanks for sharing. charl. 

[MarsG76]

What a lucky catch... Did you get a lottery ticket?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Great capture, well done. APOD-worthy maybe. I have seen a similar video before so people do very occasionally capture events like this.

[The Admiral]

That is fascinating! Great catch. No wonder radio echoes from meteor trails are often complex  

You have other arrows pointing to a broken trail; do you think that is another meteor passing through?

Ian

[Avdhoeven]

You have other arrows pointing to a broken trail; do you think that is another meteor passing through?

I think this could be part of the same meteorite maybe that broke up already earlier. It seems like coming from the same direction. The four pieces are probably different pieces because they are not exactly in line.

[baggywrinkle]

That is quite magical...

[JamesF]

Those are some fantastic images.  I've seen similar before, but rarely such good quality.  Well done

James

[JamesF]

APOD-worthy maybe.

I think so.

James

[Andy_E]

Fantastic catch!

[jambouk]

That is great. What is the timing of this event? Sub lengths and interval between subs / frame rate?

Smashing capture.

Worth sumbittig to the BAA meteor section.

James

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Definitely worth thinking about publication.

[Tonynexevo925]

What an amazing capture

[tingting44]

awesome mate! i love it

[Alien 13]

What a great capture It is stunning.

Alan

[Pan Euro]

Great catch, definately needs to be published somewhere.

[laudropb]

Amazing capture. Thanks for posting.

[happy-kat]

Really awsome.

[davefrance]

Brilliant capture, well done., 

[Avdhoeven]

Thanks a lot for all the nice replies. The line that I thought could have been a breakup is after thorough investigation probably a satellite or another meteor. The arrows also are probably a tumbling satellite in view. It's crowded up there  But still the expanding dust cloud from the meteor stays .

The exposure times were 180s for every image with 5s interval. So this is about 12 minutes in total.

[beamer3.6m]

does that mean it took 12 minutes for thw meteor to pass. That seems very slow!

[Avdhoeven]

No, it means the meteor past in just a few seconds. The cloud that expanded took 12 minutes to get out of sight. 

[Pete Presland]

Fantastic capture looking forward to seeing it on a bigger screen!

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