(meteorobs) 2/14/2011 NYC / Philly Fireball

[Jim Gamble]

Wayne, would it not stand to reason that if the reported color of a particular 
event is "anecdotal", so goes all other observational data?

 
Sincerely,
Jim Gamble
El Paso Station
Sandia Allsky Camera
NAMN






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From: Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net>
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 10:47:45 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) 2/14/2011 NYC / Philly Fireball



Related to earlier discussions, I logged the reported colors in the 240 AMS
reports. This is just a quick scan, but is pretty close to accurate. It's a
lot to read through quickly.

Green 6
White 6 (2 with red trail)
Red 3
Gold 3
Orange 2
1 each:
Yellow
Blue
Pink
Silver
Blue-White
Green-Red
All the colors of the rainbow
Iridescent

This shows while report of Green are common, everyone sees what they
perceive, and reports are inherently anectdotal unless supported by
spectrographic data.

Wayne

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