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

[Thomas Dorman]

Jim 
To color of a meteor,as seen by an observer,could it not also have to do,at least in some part, with refraction of light in the earth atmosphere, the elevation of the event? If a meteor event is observed at low elevation does this light not become more refrected because of the light passing through more of the atmosphere  than light from a meteor a event at a very high elevation.Someone may wish to look at  meteor color as reported by the observer and elevation.My guess is  that this may account for at least some of the color difference reported by observers of the same event.Just think.
Thomas 
--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Jim Gamble <jagamble at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Jim Gamble <jagamble at sbigcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) 2/14/2011 NYC / Philly Fireball
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 9:40 PM
> 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
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> 
> 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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