(meteorobs) Fwd: Strange Lights: The 2007 Aurigid Meteor Shower

[bmccurdy at telusplanet.net]

   Here's the latest from NASA Science News on the Aurigids. I particularly 
like the part about "The brief shower was remarkable both for its **conspicuous 
lack of faint meteors** and for the vivid colors--characteristics that may be 
repeated on Sept. 1st." 

   This news flash is promising in that the luminaries named therein are among 
the best and the brightest in meteor science. While the forecast is by 
definition something of a shot in the dark, let's hope it doesn't fizzle and 
that we'll see delight.  

   Bruce  :~)
   *****

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NASA Science News for August 8, 2007

On Sept. 1st, a flurry of bright and oddly-colored meteors could spill across 
the skies of western North America--or not. Forecasters are divided about what 
will happen next month when Earth runs into an ancient stream of debris from 
mysterious Comet Kiess.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/08aug_aurigids.htm?list981712




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