[meteorite-list] 1993/94 Perseids---The Night of Lights!!

From: Becky and Kirk <bandk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:53:30 -0500
Message-ID: <1CA06588130D4AA1960EFF680804BF2F_at_owner55652f88b>

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......:-)
----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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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