[meteorite-list] Perseids 2004 from California
From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 12 12:46:10 2004 Message-ID: <DIIE.0000002B0000267B_at_paulinet.de> Robert Woolard wrote: > How was it for some of the rest of you? (a) Interestingly, we saw more Perseids before midnight than after midnight. (b) We observed a slightly larger number of brighter meteors before midnight. (c) The ones after midnight seemed to be fainter, foreshortened and *very* fast as we were looking for them closer to their radiant which was now much higher in the sky. (d) The very bright ones were all of an orange/yellow color. (e) Several bright Perseid meteors left easily visible smoke trains. Not Perseid-related - but just as exciting :-) During moments of clear seeing and with "averted vision", we could glimpse the Andromeda Galaxy without optical aid !!! Cheers from Germany, Bernd Received on Thu 12 Aug 2004 12:46:04 PM PDT |
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