Fw: {MPML} Very unusual sky event of August 16

From: Paul Floyd (thestarman@homemail.com.au)
Date: Thu Aug 16 2007 - 07:33:08 EDT

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    Hi,
    
    I thought the below message would be of interest to list members. The photo 
    is quite bizarre.
    
    Regards,
    
    Paul Floyd.
    www.paulfloyd.id.au
    
    
    
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@tcworks.net>
    To: "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@tcworks.net>
    Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:26 PM
    Subject: {MPML} Very unusual sky event of August 16
    
    
    >A very interesting event was captured this morning at ASO (Petit Jean 
    >Mountain South MPC
    > H45) while acquiring a routine CCD image for asteroid astrometry.  What 
    > appears to be a
    > major breakup of some object passing through the frame was caught in a 
    > 60-second
    > exposure of NEO 2007 PP9 in the constellation of Aquarius at 09:24 U.T. 
    > (Aug. 16).
    >
    > A full description of the capture and the actual image is posted on the 
    > ASO website News
    > Section at:
    > http://www.arksky.org/smf/index.php?topic=1385.0
    >
    > Your suggestions, comments and speculations are welcome.  Aften recording 
    > tens of
    > thousands of routine images with all sorts of space debris passing 
    > through, I frankly
    > have never seen anything to compare with this unusual event.
    >
    > Enjoy pondering....!
    >
    > Dr. Clay
    > -------------
    > Arkansas Sky Observatories
    > Harvard MPC/ H43 (Conway)
    > Harvard MPC/ H41 (Petit Jean Mountain)
    > Harvard MPC/ H45 (Petit Jean Mtn. South)
    > http://www.arksky.org/
    >
    >
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