(meteorobs) A meteor or a sat flash?- radio gives it away

[James Beauchamp]

Thanks, Tom.  I'm getting, on average, one of these every couple of nights, and WISH I had a camera setup.
 
Very curious what they look like.
 
This was a large fireball (I think) during the Lyrids.
 
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30618954&l=be42c434d5&id=1122357299
 
Happy hunting.


--- On Mon, 5/3/10, Thomas Ashcraft <ashcraft at heliotown.com> wrote:


From: Thomas Ashcraft <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) A meteor or a sat flash?- radio gives it away
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 3:14 AM


James Beauchamp wrote:
> ......Just curious, how many total hits do you get - approximate average?  I'm seeing them start about an hour after local midnight and last until around local noon.  Average one to two good hits per hour with persistant scatter here.  At least one to two per day are big ones with spectral details from fragmentation.
>  
> Wish I had the camera setup you do.  Tried a Sony CCD with no luck.
>   

Hi James,

Well, I am not keeping counts of individual meteors these days but am 
mostly concentrating on capturing significant fireballs.  Activity has 
been generally slow since the January Quadrantids but meteor rates are 
picking up now and I have seen a couple of Eta Aquarids the past two days. 

I haven't seen an extra-ordinary meteor since last October so I think I 
am statistically due for a big one.

Clear skies to you,
Thomas

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