(Machine translation by DeepL + adjustments by Gyegyopon, Translated article written for Japan without major changes, Sorry for Japanese language left in the alternative text, etc.)
Hello, this is Gyegeopon.
Please take a look at the photos of meteors of the Perseid meteor shower taken in 2023.
I also provide explanations.
I hope you will enjoy them, whether you were able to see the meteors or not.
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Meteors near the radiant point
The first one is a meteor that appeared near the radiant point. The meteor is flying toward us, so the image is short. The beginning of the glow is green, and it changes to orange in the middle of the glow.
Meteor far from the radiant point
Next is meteor that appears a little farther from the radiant point. Meteors farther from the radiant point have longer paths because their motion is seen from the side. The last part of the meteor has gone out of the angle of view. This meteor also started out green and changed to orange in the middle of its glow.
Nearly stationary meteor
Then, here is a meteor that appeared very close to the radiant point. If the position of the meteor or my viewing position had been a little more off1, it would have been a stationary meteor.
Mysterious light, a satellite?
And a mysterious light. Is it a satellite? Since its path is off from the radiant point, at least it does not seem to be a meteor of the Perseid meteor shower.
The following points appear to be satellites.
- Symmetrical brightness change between brightening and darkening (just opposite)
- The explosive brightening is also symmetrical (meteors can also explode in the way of their brightening, but usually not as symmetrical as this)
- No green or orange coloration (satellites usually reflect the sun’s light directly, so there is no coloration)
I was looking at the sky with my naked eye while taking the picture, but somehow I did not notice this light. (Maybe I was too sleepy to notice it for a while.) If I had been able to see it with the naked eye, I might have been able to tell that it was not a meteor because it was moving much slower than meteors.
