Meteorobs is NOT just a Yahoo! Group (was Re: (meteorobs) Sacramento Fireball 04:12 PDT May 5)

Tue May 11 13:30:23 EDT 2004

FYI, Wayne is talking about the Yahoo! Group called
“meteorobs” - which was originally established only
as a backup “Web archive” for the actual ‘meteorobs’
list, but which 173 of you now seem to be subscribed
to! Just a short note about that Yahoo! Group: it is
NOT the same as the actual “meteorobs” list - which
is a maillist I administer, that is entirely distinct
from Yahoo!, or any other corporate Website.

Here is the Website of this “true” ‘meteorobs’ list:
 http://www.meteorobs.org

In fact, there are about 600 of you who subscribe to
the (true) “meteorobs” list, and who are probably not
on Yahoo! Groups at all!

However, those who chose to subscribe to the Yahoo!
Group instead of our list, MAY still receive all of
our ‘meteorobs’ posts. And in addition, if you don’t
mind giving your personal information to a company
that survives by focused advertising based on that
personal information, then you can also access the
Pictures section of Yahoo! Group “meteorobs” at:
 http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/meteorobs/lst

I would love to make the Pictures (and all the other
sections) of the Yahoo! Group “meteorobs” open to the
world... But unfortunately, when Yahoo purchased the
old OneList service, they transformed my OneList list
“meteorobs” into this Yahoo! Group - and apparently
then forgot to give me admin control of it... I have
emailed Yahoo! customer service repeatedly over the
years, attempting to rectify this - with no success.

I found the experience very much like talking to an
an answering machine - which no one ever checks. :)

Clear skies all,

Lew Gramer, the REAL owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Webmaster: http://www.meteorobs.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Watson
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 6:24 PM
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) Sacramento Fireball 04:12 PDT May 5
>
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> This is the real McCoy. No bird flying with a headlamp this time. :-)
> [If anyone saw this, I'd be greatly interested.]
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> See the jpg file of a fireball I placed in this groups image
> upload area that
> appeared in our skies early the morning of the fifth. A
> second jpg file shows the
> camera's view during the day. I rotated the image to
> correspond fairly closely to the
> current view of  the camera. (I've uploaded both files to
> what I think is an area
> that corresponds to my yahoo id, so if you have trouble
> finding it, let me know.
> Never tried this before.)
>
> Also see my movie at
> <http://home.earthlink.net/~mtnv95959a/v20040505_041215.58b.mo
> v>. Use the QT slider
> to slow it down.
>
> This fireball was captured by my Sandia Meteor Network camera
> around 04:12 AM PDT on
> the morning of the 5th. It was heading northwest. The meteor
> is almost overhead.
> North is at the top  and east is to the left. It's as though
> you were lying on the
> ground with your head pointed north. The full moon is setting
> in the southwest. The
> other object in the upper left is the reflection of the moon
> off my observatory dome.
> You may be able to see the skyline as a circle if you
> manipulate your monitor's
> brightness and contrast.  The camera takes b/w images but is
> a false color image to
> bring out details. The meteor jpg image is a composite image
> taken from successive
> frames of the video.
>
> I was unable to confirm this observation with my partner who
> is about 30 miles from
> here. His camera and computer were down. However, I did send
> it to the folks at
> Sandia Labs who are behind the effort, and their experience
> tells them it was the
> real thing. It'll be interesting when my partner and can get
> an image of the same
> object. We're still feeling our way around a bit.
>
> IMPORTANT
> P.S. If anyone in our area saw this, please let me know. <- IMPORTANT
> IMPORTANT
> --
>             Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N,
> 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
>                            -- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39°
> 8' 0" N,  121° 1' 0" W
>
>                      Two laws Newton and Einstein didn't discover:
>                          1. Time is money.
>                          2. Matter will be damaged in direct
> proportion to its value.
>
>                               Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
>                               sierra_mtnview -at- earthlink -dot- net
>                  Imaginarium Museum:
> <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews/imaginarium.html>
>
> P.S. If anyone in our area saw this, please let me know.
> --
>           Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N,
> 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
>                          -- GMT-8 hr std. time, RJ Rcvr 39°
> 8' 0" N,  121° 1' 0" W
>
>                    Two laws Newton and Einstein didn't discover:
>                        1. Time is money.
>                        2. Matter will be damaged in direct
> proportion to its value.
>
>                             Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
>                             sierra_mtnview -at- earthlink -dot- net
>                Imaginarium Museum:
> <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews/imaginarium.html>
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