I believe what you’re seeing are particulates or combustion byproducts illuminated by the sun. I saw this once from a shuttle OMS burn (using hypergolics) performed while flying overhead. Best described as looking like a comet. Bill > On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:52 AM, Thomas Ashcraft via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > My all-sky camera here in north-central New Mexico caught the Tesla "burn" and dump and I am processing it now. But I am not sure I understand what the camera captured. > > Was the shining visible path of the rocket until the dump caused by reflected sunlight? Was there any actual burning? Was there any friction with the ionosphere? > > I am also scrutinizing for possible forward scatter or direct radio emission. > > IMPORTANT NOTE: I compressed the eight minute long video to just five seconds. It is just a place holder until I process this all further. The full event was visible for about eight minutes here. > > https://vimeo.com/254698671 > > Thomas Ashcraft - Heliotown Observatory > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Feb 07 2018 - 11:04:03 UTC
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