The Lyrids have been observed in the Netherlands and Belgium with very fine weather! Nightsky proved to be completely clear from observing locations across the two countries! Almost a record number of observers observed the Lyrids and were not disappointed while rates were satisfactory (about equal as expected) and some fine meteors appeared.
One such fine Lyride meteor has been photographed by Jean-Marie Biets from Wilderen, Belgium about 30 km south-west of Hasselt. The Lyrid meteor appeared on April 22 at 01h52m41s UT.
| Wilderen (Jean-Marie Biets) |
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| Geographical longitude: 5°08'26" E |
| Geographical latitude: 50°49'17" N |
| Elevation: +70m |
| Camera & Sector | Film & Developing |
|---|---|
| Camera: Canon AV-1 | Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan 400 |
| Lens: Canon FD 1.8/50 mm | Developer: Kodak T-Max |
| Aperture stop: 2.8 | Developing temperature: 20° C Developing time: 10 minutes |
| Sector: 2 blades / 30° | Stopbath: - Stopping time: - |
| Rotational speed: 12.5 rpm (25 breaks/second) | Fixing: ? Fixing time: 10 minutes |
| Exposuredata on April 21/22, 2001 (all times in UT) | |||||||
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| Elevation | Negative | Start | Stop | Exp. time | |||
| 70° | 24 | 01h51m13s | 01h54m00s | 2m47s | |||
An excellent Lyride fireball has been photographed multistation by Robert Haas, Alphen aan de Rijn and Casper ter Kuile, De Bilt. This Lyride fireball appeared on April 22 at 00h04m38s UT. Both photo's will be published at the Delphinus website and at the DMS website in due time. Please have a little more patience, thank you!
| De Bilt (Casper ter Kuile) | Alphen a/d Rijn (Robert Haas) |
|---|---|
| Topographical X-coordinate: -13650 | Topographical X-coordinate: -94652 |
| Topographical Y-coordinate: -4900 | Topographical Y-coordinate: +593 |
| Geographical longitude: 5.11.18,0 | Geographical longitude: 4.40.15,0 |
| Geographical latitude: 52.06.43,0 | Geographical latitude: 52.09.12,0 |
| Elevation: +2m | Elevation: -2m |
| Camera & Sector | Film & Developing |
|---|---|
| Camera: Canon T-70 | Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan 400 |
| Lens: Canon FD 1.8/50 mm | Developer: Kodak HC-110 |
| Aperture stop: 2.8 | Developing temperature: 22° C Developing time: 5:30 minutes |
| Sector: 8 blades / 22.5° | Stopbath: Amaloco S 10 Stopping time: 2 minutes |
| Rotational speed: 12.5 rpm (100 breaks/second) | Fixing: Amaloco X 88 Fixing time: 20 minutes |
| Exposuretime 50 mm camera's: 7m58s | |||||||
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| Exposuredata on April 21/22, 2001 (all times in UT) | |||||||
| Camera array | Elevation | No. of Cam. | No. of Exp. | No. of Neg. | Start [hh:mm] | Stop [hh:mm] | Total exp. time [hh:mm] |
| High | 75° | 4 | 32 | 128 | 21:31:00 | 01:47:00 | 4h16m |
| Camera & Sector | Film & Developing |
|---|---|
| Camera: Canon T-70 | Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan 400 |
| Lens: Canon FD 1.8/50 mm | Developer: Kodak HC-110 |
| Aperture stop: 2.8 | Developing temperature: 22° C Developing time: 3:45 minutes |
| Sector: 6 blades / 30° | Stopbath: Amaloco S 10 Stopping time: 2 minutes |
| Rotational speed: 12.5 rpm (75 breaks/second) | Fixing: Amaloco X 88 Fixing time: 20 minutes |
| Exposuretime 50 mm camera's: 7m58s | |||||||
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| Exposuredata on April 21/22, 2001 (all times in UT) | |||||||
| Camera array | Elevation | No. of Cam. | No. of Exp. | No. of Neg. | Start [hh:mm] | Stop [hh:mm] | Total exp. time [hh:mm] |
| High | 75° | 4 | 37 | 148 | 21:30:00 | 02:26:00 | 4h16m |
| Mid | 50° | 7 | 37 | 259 | 21:30:00 | 02:26:00 | 4h16m |
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