(meteorobs) Correction to previous Trig.calculation.
Thomas Dorman
drygulch_99 at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 19 12:57:28 EDT 2007
Chris and All
I talked to the guy who runs the NMSU all sky camera
in Las Cruces New Mexico.Chris, he did not record the
Sept.13 event either.He is reporting a big cloud bank
between his station and Albuquerque. The El Paso all
sky camera was off-line because of roof repairs.
Regards
Thomas Dorman
Horizon City,Texas
--- Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> Larry-
>
> We don't see meteors cooling down all that much.
> What we see when they
> get dimmer is less material ablating (because most
> has already been
> lost). The tail of the light curve in this case
> isn't at all unusual. In
> fact, it is what the majority of meteors look like
> at the end of their
> run. I'll track down a few examples from my database
> and post links
> later today.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum"
> <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Correction to previous
> Trig.calculation.
>
>
> > If I can chip in here, arguably Chri's substantial
> background &
> > knowledge forming his conclusion is most likely
> what happened with
> > this meteor.
> >
> > I can only cite the unusual (post-time)
> persistance of the meteor and
> > secondly, without an abrupt velocity change, I
> cannot envision any way
> > to distinguish a meteor cooling down from one that
> is slowly burning
> > up on a camera image.
> >
> > I am on a weak limb here and acknowlege it, but
> hope to learn from
> > this event.
> >
> > Larry
>
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