(meteorobs) even the locals are looking up....

Robert J. Gardner rendrag at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 10 15:38:19 EDT 2004


The summer triangle is Altair in Aquila, Deneb in Cygnus, and Vega in 
Lyra. Many beginners learn these stars because they are so conspicuous 
and serve as stepping stones to other constellations.

arlene wrote:

>I even have the 'natives' looking up for meteors this year!
>
>I just heard from my neigbhor, who spends the nights out with his flock of
>sheep, that two nights ago he witnessed a fireball. He wasn't sure of the
>time but it was before midnight (maybe) and it lit up the ground like
>'pyrotechniques'..
>
>He'd never seen one like that before. Sorry I missed that!
>
>I'm really envious but it would be almost impossible for me to get out to
>the pasture where he keeps his sheep. And this year, we have a some people
>from the city in this sleepy village and they had their garden lights on all
>night. It really affected my observations. At any rate, I saw three mediocre
>meteors last night during just 45 minutes of observing (between 10:15 and
>11PM). More than likely they were Perseids. Nothing spectacular...maybe
>tonight I'll have better luck...or maybe not!!
>
>Skies are just Brilliant here this time of year. the Milky Way looks like a
>cloud. Communications satellites are easy to spot.
>
>A friend from Holland was visiting a few years ago during the Perseids and
>he kept referring to three stars he called the 'summer triangle'...is this
>something you are familiar with?
>
>I'm looking forward to the next few nights.
>
>Clear Skies y'all!
>
>Arlene
>in Western Turkey, south of Troy
>
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