(meteorobs) Fw: [RASCals] Port Dover & Milton, Ontario

[C.L. Hall]

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 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Rick & Teresa <marell at kwic.com>
 To: RASCals Discussion List <rascals at lists.rasc.ca>
 Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:33 PM
 Subject: [RASCals] meteors?
 
 
Hi Scott,
Just checking out the list to see if anyone else saw it.  Five or six
bright, slow moving meteors ? tracking from the northwest to southeast.  I
was at a BBQ near Port Dover.
Rick
At 11:18 PM 6/26/2004 -0400, you wrote:

I just saw the most amazing sight and I'm wondering if anyone else
witnessed it.

>From my backyard north of Milton, Ontario, looking almost due south
towards
Sagittarius a group of meteors passed west to east at a very low angle. I
was able to observe them through about 45 degrees. They were travelling
very
slowly, slowly enough, that I was able to aim my scope and get a
reasonable
look. Then I was able to move to watch their final fade out after they
went behind some trees.

Through the eyepiece I counted at least seven separate objects, although
there was one that was much larger and brighter than all the others.  It
left a long bright tail, that was several degrees long. Truly
spectacular.  Did anyone else see it?

Scott Barrie
Hamilton Centre