Per this thread https://twitter.com/tw__astro/status/1624908400902504451 it seems my time is a bit off, though. I took the filename and just checked the time offset in the video. Was considering checking metadata but thought 'nah, those few milliseconds difference'. However, exiftool says 2023:02:13 02:59:29, file name is 20230213_035256.mp4. Adding those three seconds to my previous guess comes out to the tweet's time.
As I write this, I'm still... what's the word, excited? Thrilled? Like, I'm still not down to baseline relaxed. It's really just five seconds of light show, but looking at an astronomical event unfolding, knowing this is hundreds of kilometers away in northwestern France, the tiny voice in the back of your head as you see it explode "could they have been wrong about it being just 1 meter?" I wasn't truly scared at any point but the combination of feelings and awe is still a little bit with me.
Per this thread https://twitter.com/tw__astro/status/1624908400902504451 it seems my time is a bit off, though. I took the filename and just checked the time offset in the video. Was considering checking metadata but thought 'nah, those few milliseconds difference'. However, exiftool says 2023:02:13 02:59:29, file name is 20230213_035256.mp4. Adding those three seconds to my previous guess comes out to the tweet's time.
As I write this, I'm still... what's the word, excited? Thrilled? Like, I'm still not down to baseline relaxed. It's really just five seconds of light show, but looking at an astronomical event unfolding, knowing this is hundreds of kilometers away in northwestern France, the tiny voice in the back of your head as you see it explode "could they have been wrong about it being just 1 meter?" I wasn't truly scared at any point but the combination of feelings and awe is still a little bit with me.