Anders,
The time would have been 0120 UTC. It was still twilight from my altitude but I
believe this meteor was -2.5 mag plus.
The news report I saw, said that it must
have been a large object to produce the brightness and color associated. It may
well have been a Draconid.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org
[mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org] On Behalf
Of Anders Bolin
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002
11:58 AM
To: astro-photo@seds.org
Subject: Re: [APML] Meteor
What time is that in UT? it seems it
could be a metorstorm today but who knows, i will be outside looking tonight
anyway with my camera. i guess it was a early draconid you saw :-)
Draconids
Active : October 6-10;
Maximum : October 8, 21h 30m UT, (lambda = 195.4°, but see below);
ZHR = periodic, up to storm levels;
Radiant : alpha = 262°, delta = +54°;
Radiant drift: negligible;
V = 20 km/s;
r = 2.6;
TFC : alpha = 290°, delta = +65° and
alpha = 288°, delta = +39° (beta>30° N).
The possible shower maximum times favour Asia east to western North America (13:50 UT),
Europe and North Africa east to most of Asia (21:30 UT), and North America east to the Near East
(the October 9 timings). Note that Draconid meteors are exceptionally slow-moving, a characteristic
which helps separate genuine shower meteors from sporadics accidentally lining up with the radiant.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday,
October 08, 2002 4:46 PM
Let’s try this
again with a subject.
Did anyone happen to catch the
single meteor display Sunday night at about 7:20 mountain time. We were descending into Denver heading west
and one of the brightest meteors I’ve ever seen streaked downward toward
the western horizon When I turned on the news at the hotel they even made
mention of the spectacular display.
Scott Hammonds