(meteorobs) "Meteor outburst" on APOD

[meteors at eclipse.net]

My guess would be a series of Iridiums.
Remember, there are 9 (?) Iridiums in each plane, so when you see a bright
flare, there are also just misses before and after.
Once in a while I will point the binoculars at the spot of a flare before
and after and spot the ones before and after.

Notice the bottom 3 all have flares in the middle at the same spot,
exactly the charachteristics of a series of Iridiums.

Once in a  while the H-A page will show two flares a few minutes apart,
but they use a fairly high cutoff level, so won't show the earlier and
later ones that pass through that same alignment of relections.

MW


>
> In case you missed it, just drawing the list's attention to today's
> Astronomy
> Picture of the Day (might be archived under August 15 by the time you read
> this).
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070815.html
>
> It's an interesting mystery, with several theories advanced on the linked
> discussion. One thing I would dismiss out of hand, however, is that this
> is
> some kind of fake; I know of Tunc Tezel from the Solar Eclipse Mailing
> List,
> and can confirm he is a serious astronomer and photographer. (His
> "tutulemma" --
> analemma with total eclipse -- taken from his home in Turkey is one of the
> most
> brilliant astroimages I have ever seen; see:
> http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/tutulemma.htm )
>
> Back on-topic, have there been any other observations this year of the
> Alpha
> Ursae Minorids? And, any expert commentary on APOD's assertion that this
> year's
> Perseids were particularly active?
>
> Unfortunately, I can't comment on that last question directly because I
> was
> totally skunked on both August 12 and 13, the first time that has happened
> to
> me in 20 years. I'm sure glad I went out on the 11th.
>
> Bruce
> *****
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