"Orion /
Leonid Bolide"
South Park, Colorado
November 18, 2001
Fujicolor Professional Press P- 800
ISO 800 color negative film -- pushed 1 stop
Pentax Spotmatic camera with 28 mm lens at f/3.5 / 2 minute
exposure
A bright bolide fireball streaked through Orion sometime
after the Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR) reached a maximum of
almost 3000, and lasted from 03:10 A.M. MST to 03:30 A.M.
MST on November 18, 2001. The meteor left a dust cloud
that lasted at least 4 minutes. The round object in the
direct foreground is the telescope tube (the camera was
riding piggyback and being driven by the telescope's clock
drive to compensate for the Earth's rotation) and the
lights in the background are from the small hamlet of
Jefferson, CO, some 10 miles away.
The Leonid meteor shower astrophotography
is available via telephone ordering as noted below.