Hi All,
I remember the ULTIMATE barrage of Perseids in 1993 I believe, or was it
1994----wayyy up North at the boundary waters in Canada. We four guys got
back from some night fishing and got set-up to watch the show.
The skies were just crystal clear and black as any night I have ever seen!
It was the most spectacular thing I have ever seen---indeed it was "The
Night of Lights."
Because we were so tired from a day of paddling, portaging and fishing
though, we only watched for a little over an hour, and believe me, it was no
more that 70-75 minutes MAX. In that time though, we counted over 125
confirmed meteors.
At one point early on we were seeing 1 meteor every 10 seconds!!! So----if
you compute 125 meteors in 70 minutes time, that is like 100 meteors per
hour!! We saw many that left incredible trails too! This was seen by ALL 4
of us too---so it for sure can be corroborated!! It was just amazing! I'm
not sure if we can ever top that again!!
Best,
Kirk......:-)
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Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:08 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] 2010 Perseids
Greg L. wrote:
"I counted a total of 183 meteors"
Wow, Greg! That's about 20-25 Perseids per hour.Congratulations on such
a large number of Perseids! By the way, at 59 km/s, the Perseids belong to
the fastest moving meteors. The Southern Taurids, by contrast, are
relatively
slow:
=> 27 km/s (only :-)
Best wishes,
Bernd
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