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Re: [APML] Perseid meteor dribble
We had a pretty go show here in Illinois also.
>From about 9:30 till the moon can up.
A nice cold front move thru so we did get some clear skies.
Also I didn't get any tickets ( some what of an inside joke )
Augie
Chris & Jennifer Cook wrote:
> I was out in the Anza-Borrego desert last night. We had a very warm, dry
> and mostly clear night...never got below 74F.
> There was some meteor activity between 9-11pm. Fairly bright long meteors
> that left trails for about 2-4 sec. After midnight the rate dropped
> considerably. Granted the Moon was up which would wash out the faint ones
> but the bright ones were simply non-existent. The rate did not increase
> after midnight like they say it's suppose too.
> Here's hoping the Leonids put on a better show.
>
> Chris
>
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> Chris Cook
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tonyhallas@aol.com <Tonyhallas@aol.com>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Date: Sunday, August 12, 2001 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Perseid meteor dribble
>
> >Hello,
> >
> > Last night's display started out as a dribble... very sporadic and
> >sometimes as
> >much as 15 minutes or more between visible meteors... then around 11:00 a
> >definite
> >increase in the rate, with the arrival of some fairly bright ones... my
> >uneducated
> >estimate was in the -1, -2 range and they left a glowing trail for a few
> >seconds.
> >In the dark skies up here it was easy to see the pinpoint dot of the meteor
> >surrounded by the haze of the trail... almost like watching fireworks.
> Clouds
> >and
> >the moon and sleep interfered after midnight. So far, nothing to really go
> >crazy
> >over... but they're beautiful to see when one eventually shows up.
> >
> > Tony
> >
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