The
            Taurid meteors are a very broad stream which spans about a week
            in duration in November. The robotic barn door and XTi were pressed
            into service once again, and the camera exposed, and tracked
            the zenith from 7:30 pm to 4:30 am with an automated series of
            90 five minute exposures. The results were one Iridium flare,
            and later about 1am we finally got our single Taurid fireball.
            


            

            
All sky fisheye view of the winter Milkyway
at around 1 am.  The fireball is on the left edge.

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Enlargement which has been rectified of the
meteor.

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Using Maxim Dl's Line profile function, 
I made this intensity trace of the meteor
about the same scale as the above image.
You can see the terminal burst on the left.

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Instrument:  Sigma 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens
Platform:  Robotic Barn Door Mount
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO400
Exposure:  5m
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DSLR
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