Just thought you all would enjoy this image. You've gotta see this! Great
night photo of the meteor showers, by David A. Harvey, a professional
photographer based in Tucson Arizona.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kYou0sYtaeI/TGUgBSFiZ3I/AAAAAAAABwE/siGQmmSozig/s1600/_MG_6972sum_web.jpg
Rob H.
Meteorite Newbie (anyone want to sponsor me for IMCA membership?)
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From: "Linton Rohr" <linton...@earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 11:19 PM
To: "Michael Murray" <mmur...@montrose.net>; "GREG LINDH" <gee...@msn.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids.
Greg, Michael, List,
Glad to hear that many of you were able to enjoy the show.
I spent three days up in the White Mountains, east of Bishop, CA, near the
Nevada border. The area is home to the Bristlecone Pines - the oldest
living things, at up to 4,000 years old. Being in the rain shadow of the
Sierra Nevada, we didn't see a single cloud the whole time. The sky was
very transparent, and dark enough that we were able to easily see the
zodiacal light beginning around 3:00 or 3:30. We enjoyed plenty of DSO
observing early on, when we weren't just sitting back watching for
meteors. I didn't have a counting device, but I'd estimate we saw about
100 before midnight, and another 200 between midnight and 4:00. They
seemed to be almost equally divided between bright ones with ion trails
and faint ones without. Of the bright ones, almost half of them had
persistent trains, visible over 60-90 degrees across the sky. The shorter
ones probably spanned 10-15 degrees. We had a couple of long "skippers",
an orange "firework" that seemed to explode and then fall, and even a very
bright one that might have qualified as a bolide. A great night, all in
all. One that I'll always remember.
Linton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Murray" <mmur...@montrose.net>
To: "GREG LINDH" <gee...@msn.com>
Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids.
We had clear skies here in southwest CO. I was out watching starting at
about 9 PM. Saw an eyepopper of a meteor at about 9:15. Long tail,
orange tint to it. I'm certainly no expert on meteors but sure looked
to me like this one made it into dark flight. I've seen a daytime
fireball and watched the big one that went over to California a while
back at night but the first one I saw last night was by far more
spectacular to see. Last night, I also watched several that were
multiple pieces of 3 or more traveling side by side. They went pretty
much directly overhead going north to south. For the last few years we
had clouds during the Persieds. Nice to finally get to watch some of
the shower.
Mike in CO
On Aug 13, 2010, at 6:06 AM, GREG LINDH wrote:
I stayed up all night to watch the Perseids. I laid back on a chaise
lounge, put my IPod on, and looked up. I live in Prescott Valley AZ.
which is about 5100 feet elevation, so the sky was dark and crystal
clear. Well, it's now 5:00 in the morning and the eastern sky is
starting to lighten, so I came in. I counted a total of 183 meteors.
Some were quite brilliant. Also a number of satellites. Nice night.
Greg L. ______________________________________________
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