(meteorobs) Zodiacal Lights and peaks of Meteor showers?

Pavol Habuda bzucino at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 20 08:31:39 EST 2006


Aurora in Texas and nowhere else? Very improbable.

Have a clear sky
Pavol Habuda

--- Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl> wrote:

> Green hue? Sure it wasn't aurora then?
> 
> - Marco
> 
> 
> Thomas Dorman wrote:
> > Hi.All
> > Out here in far west Texas on Sunday morning we had an
> > unusual bright display of Zodiacal lights.I live in a
> > moderately light polluted area and the Zodiacal lights
> > were so bright on Sunday morning November 19 that they
> > punched through the light dome in my area.This display
> > of bright Zodiacal lights was also observed by members
> > of the El Paso Astronomy club about 50 miles to my
> > east at our club's dark sky site at Williams ranch.The
> > El Paso Astronomy Club's dark sky site is one the best
> > dark sky sites in the U.S..My questions are is there a
> > correlation between the brightening of the Zodiacal
> > lights and the peak of a major meteor shower? Zodiacal
> > lights on the morning November 19 also had a
> > pronounced green hue.Is this green hue a common
> > observed effect with the Zodiacal lights?I can't
> > remember ever seeing a green color with the Zodiacal
> > lights.Hope this is not to off topic.
> > Regards
> > Thomas Dorman
> > Horizon City,Texas  
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