(meteorobs) kappa-Cygnid? fireball over the Hebrides

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There was another report on 19 Aug in Southern CA that was possibly
attributed to the KCG's. I believe it was orbital debris of some kind due
to > 1 minute visibility.
Besides, kappa Cygs are just not that common. Lots of hours, few but very
pretty meteors.
I noted the BBC article referred to KCG's as bluish white.
I've seen more than a few that were a beautiful gold color (and I'm not
very perceptive with meteor colors) and two have had showers of sparks
coming off of them. Nice!

Meteor Wayne

> The BBCi website reports a fireball that people thought was a crashing
> plane (not surprising in the current climate).
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/5270598.stm
>
> As usual, they look up a shower calendar and concluded it was a
> kappa-Cygnid although it's not clear from the report whether or not the
> path was taken into consideration.
>
> Malcolm Currie
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