Meteors

Perseid fireball ionization train

2026-08-11 · 02:15 BST
Perseid fireball ionization train
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A bright, thick streak in the small hours of 11 August, tapering at both ends and set against short, closely spaced star trails. Considerably wider and brighter than anything else in the frame.

Placeholder - the classification reasoning is still to be written. Brightness and width put this well above the faint end of the collection, and the taper at both ends is what a meteor does when it brightens through its path and then extinguishes, rather than an object that entered and left the frame still lit. Timing at 02:15 BST sits in the dark hours with the Perseid radiant high.