I would mention another type of pseudo-meteor "shower" besides the
lampyrids, the "reflectionids". They appear only to eyeglass wearers who
observe directly...
kiko soares
kikosideral@...
Jul 1, 2002 5:28 pm
23060
I might know what you are talking about. I think I saw what you are talking about one evening. Paula ... __________________________________________________ Do...
Paula Bushby
pbushby10@...
Jul 1, 2002 9:55 pm
23061
SELECTING A GRATING FOR METEOR SPECTROSCOPY I am often asked by would-be amateur spectroscopists. how to select a grating for this type of work. The best and...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Jul 1, 2002 10:27 pm
23062
Hi! Although the activity was low, I did an observation (the first real one since 6 months) last Saturday. After one hour the moon rose, so this is my report: ...
Daniel Grün
daniel_gruen@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:29 pm
23063
... From: Karl Antier <karl.antier@...> To: meteorobs <meteorobs@...> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 5:47 AM Subject: (meteorobs) -10 fireball...
mvallois@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:46 pm
23064
Hi all ! ... The IMO website has such a table were you can see the corresponding apparent speed of the meteor depending on the distance of the meteor from the...
Karl Antier
karl.antier@...
Jul 2, 2002 1:01 pm
23065
Hi! If the first thought I have is "That was a meteor" I count them, if the first thought is "Was that a meteor?" I don't. The collected data wouldn't be very...
Daniel Grün
daniel_gruen@...
Jul 2, 2002 1:02 pm
23066
Hi all ! Yesterday night, at 21 h 57 TU, my broher awoken me to say he had spotted a very bright fireball which impressed him really much : it was around -10...
Karl Antier
karl.antier@...
Jul 2, 2002 1:36 pm
23067
Hi Mark, Please, by all means, post any and all of your observations here on meteorobs. That is the primary function of this list and those of us who don't...
Kim Youmans
ksyo@...
Jul 2, 2002 3:06 pm
23068
Karl, Where are you, and can you give us more details on the fireball i.e. azimuth, elevation from your location. Thanks for the report. Regards, Jim Gamble El...
Jim and Jan Gamble
gamble@...
Jul 2, 2002 5:58 pm
23069
Hi meteor observers ! ... I answered the question in a previous mail. I live in Western France, in Vendée ( town : Landeronde ) at the coordinates : 46° 40'...
Karl Antier
karl.antier@...
Jul 2, 2002 6:25 pm
23070
This recommendation is contained in a hilarious article by B. Berman in the August issue of Astronomy (p. 88-9) - while containing some grave errors (such as...
Daniel Fischer
dfischer@...
Jul 2, 2002 8:06 pm
23071
Sorry for delay in responding. Other hobbies have been distracting me:-) I too have witnessed similar phenomenon, both under the skies and on videotape. I...
Andrew Schott
aschott@...
Jul 3, 2002 4:20 am
23072
Thanks Karl, I've forwarded your info to Sandia Labs in Albuquerque, NM. They may find someone in their network who may have recorded the event. I'll let you...
Jim and Jan Gamble
gamble@...
Jul 3, 2002 6:44 am
23073
Andrew et al. I'm wondering if an object that appears to be moving that fast (single frame) might be the result of some energetic particle interacting with the...
Tom Fleming
enders_gt1@...
Jul 3, 2002 12:00 pm
23074
Tom, Andrew, et al., In the world of CCD photometry, we call these interactions with energetic particles CR (Cosmic Ray) events. It is very improbable that a...
Matthew Collier/cis/e...
mwc@...
Jul 3, 2002 1:37 pm
23075
Hi Daniel: In fact there are some members of the S'porean did star gazing in the local cemetery - secluded area and darker sky.. -- rgds ykChia ( call me yK )...
chiayk@...
Jul 3, 2002 2:25 pm
23076
I think I need to clarify a statement I made in my last letter... I said, "It is very improbable that a CR event's geometry would carry the cosmic ray through...
Matthew Collier/cis/e...
mwc@...
Jul 3, 2002 2:33 pm
23077
We can do some rough estimates based on the data you show. If a meteor moved five degrees in one frame, that's an angular velocity of 150 degrees per second....
Chris Crawford
chriscrawford@...
Jul 3, 2002 3:32 pm
23078
Hi.All I was wondering has any one seen a posting for when the June Arietids may have peaked? Does any one know if any radar stations observed this shower.I...
Thomas Dorman
drygulch_99@...
Jul 3, 2002 5:25 pm
23079
Hi Thomas, Please see : http://radio.data.free.fr/june2002.php3 This is a preliminary result of somme radio meteors station before offical publish in RMOB june...
pierre.terrier
pierreterrier@...
Jul 3, 2002 7:27 pm
23080
To all who've responded so far... Good to see a healthy response to this new topic. So far we've opened up the possiblities that these "hypervelocity meteors"...
Andrew Schott
aschott@...
Jul 3, 2002 10:57 pm
23081
Hello: Can anyone help with this question? Thanks.. Mike ... Subject: QUESTION Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 00:38:38 +0400 From: "Sergey Shanov"...
Mike Boschat
aa063@...
Jul 3, 2002 11:19 pm
23082
... From: Andrew Schott <aschott@...> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) The Existence Of Super-Fast Meteors ... a ... to ... PC ... to ... I'm not convinced this...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Jul 4, 2002 1:18 am
23083
Andrew, et al., I've had a chance to dredge up some more of my old CCD photometry skills... We used to take what are called "dark frames" in which we would...
Matthew Collier/cis/e...
mwc@...
Jul 4, 2002 4:56 am
23084
Hello Mike and Sergey, Looking the IMO solar longitudes at a given UT time in the years 1995, 1999 and 2003, the solar longitude gets smaller by about 0.02 or...
Esko.Lyytinen@...
Jul 4, 2002 7:16 am
23085
A Happy safe 4th of July to all our American friends! Clear skies: Ed The archive and Web site for our list is at http://www.meteorobs.org To stop getting all...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Jul 4, 2002 3:42 pm
23086
Thanks, Ed! To make this an on-topic response, I'd like to ask the following: in November, what sort of "Leonid margin" will we have, i.e. aside from the peak...
Peter Brunone
peter@...
Jul 4, 2002 4:08 pm
23087
Peter and All, I expect rates to be quite low (less than 10/hr) on either side of maximum activity. The bright moon will certainly not help! One must remember...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
Jul 4, 2002 4:31 pm
23088
In a message dated 7/4/02 12:32:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lunro.imo.usa@... writes: << I expect rates to be quite low (less than 10/hr) on either side...
