(meteorobs) Taurus chorus

[Terry Johnson]

Bruce,

First off I want to say I really enjoyed this report.  This is some excellent
writing.  I especially liked the play on words about trains.

 
>     The bucolic night air was filled with the sounds and smells of a nearby
> herd of cattle. The bleating bovines maintained a running commentary all
> night (presumably about the weather), and were quickly dubbed the Taurus
> Chorus. We turned our eyes to the skies in hopes of spotting their visual
> counterparts.


Honestly, this is stuff that could be put in a book!


Also, seems it's a small world.  You're friends with Alister Ling.  I'm
assuming that's the same Alister who co-writes the monthly Astronomy Magazine
article, The Sky Show.  I'm good friends with Martin Radcliffe.  I suppose the
odds aren't that remote that someone on this list is friends with someone I've
heard of, but it's an oddity of the electronic age that the "Six Degrees Of
Separation" seems to be getting smaller--especially given the fact that those
two live a couple of thousand miles apart.

Keep sending those wonderful reports!

--Terry
Greenbrier, AR
35.2733N,-92.2367W