(meteorobs) A classic Perseid?

[Arlene Carol]

hi david

it came out of the north eastern part of the sky but i had the feeling it
was
more or less traveling parallel to the earth as opposed to 'falling down'
...
does that make any sense to anyone?

i wish i could describe it better.

whatever it was...it was glorious!!

arlene

On 8/7/07, David Stine <david at exposquare.com> wrote:
>
> Arlene,
>
> My two cents worth, Even though you described it as slow. Perseid
> grazers can seem to be slow going from one horizon to the other.
> Question is did it come from a more northernly direction or more ENE
> direction.  Cygnus is up pretty high by 10p.m., so from the description
> you gave even though it was slow and gold color, I would say it was a
> Perseid earth grazer over a Kappa Cyg especially if it started out low
> in the North.  I hope I get some of those this weekend in Oklahoma.
>
> David Stine
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) A classic Perseid?
>
> okay wayne...thanks. what do i know?? HAHAA
>
> i'm not 'near' any city...i'm 8 hours south of istanbul and 5 hours
> north of
> izmir.
>
> does this help at all??
>
> arlene
>
> On 8/7/07, meteors at eclipse.net <meteors at eclipse.net> wrote:
> >
> > That sounds much more like the desciption of a kappa Cygnid.
> > I love em.
> > Reasons I think so:
> >
> > Slow.
> > Perseids aren't slow.
> > KCG's are.
> >
> > Golden color
> > Of the few dozen KCG's I have seen, many were gold colored.
> > I generally don't see color real well, almost all my meteors go in as
> > white.
> > But the KCG's are the only meteors where I've ever used the word gold.
> >
> > What's the nearest city so I can look at where the PER and KCG's
> radiants
> > were.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > > Wow...i just saw the most incredible meteor of my entire viewing
> > history..
> > > it traversed more than 1/2 the sky in a brilliant, golden,
> long-train
> > and
> > > slow moving.
> > > who could ask for a better example!?
> > >
> > > north to south. I think Perseus has just risen but i could be wrong.
> > > it's 10pm local time here. boy, if this is a preview, i might just
> > > plan to stay outside most of the next 10 nights!
> > >
> > > this one was super.
> > >
> > > i'm headed back out now..
> > > hope i'm lucky..
> > > hope you all are as well.
> > >
> > > arlene
> > > south of troy
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