(meteorobs) Perseid Plans -general question.

[Larry]

Hopefully Ed you will get a window in the early morning hours on the 12th. 
There are some here in California(San Jose Reporter) who feel it could be 
another meteor storm of 100 to 200 per hour compared to 2008 which was 120 
to 130 per hour.

I just had a ~mag 1(?), long, slow(2 sec), meteor capture & movie at 2138:44 
PDT which by IMO definition fits an earth grazer coming in from the North 
East traveling Southerly.

This brings up the question what is a dot-dash meteor? Is that also an earth 
grazer or just irregular flaring of some meteors?

Anyone care to offer an opinion?.....

YCSentinel



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden at shaw.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2009/08/07 19:51
Subject: (meteorobs) Perseid Plans


> Weather prospects on Vancouver Island look poor for the Perseids.
> Rain on Monday and 60% rain predicted for Tuesday. Broken clouds on
> Wednesday! Oh well, we need a good rain, without the lightning, to
> get our forests wetted down and reduce the extreme fire risks we have
> been experiencing across British Columbia.  The fire fighters need a
> rest!
>
> Ed Majden
> Courtenay, B.C.
> Canada
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