(meteorobs) (Sandia Meteor Network--Sacramento)--Fireball Business is Picking Up

[Wayne Watson]

I recorded 12-15 fireballs last night from the Perseids last night. I was personally 
looking at the sky from around 9-12. Quite a good night for observing the shower 
after around 9.  The sky cleared around then, and we had some cloudiness off to the 
west around 11, and again this morning around 5:30 when the camera stopped recording. 
In fact, the last image was taken at 5:31, a minute after the timeoff. Quite a few 
images near the horizon.

At some point, we will make all paired observations availabe on a web site. That is, 
when my partner, Dave Kenyon, and I have simultaneous obs, we will place them in an 
archive.

Wayne Watson wrote:

> Business is sure picking up as we approach the peak of the Perseid 
> Shower. Last night my Sandia camera collected 8 fireballs, at least 1/2 
> near the NE horizon. That's a high for one night for the camera. 
> Typically get 2 fireballs a week. For the preceding two nights, 8. 
> Tonight should  be quite interesting. We've been having smoke along the 
> NE/SE horizon for the last several days from a fire. It has diminished 
> quite a bit in the last two nights.

-- 
                  Wayne T. Watson (The Wizard of Obz, Nevada City, CA)
                  (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
                        Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W
             (Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now sapiens)

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