(meteorobs) extremely bright possible Leonid

[Andy Craig]

Thanks for the report. I may have made some newbie mistakes, but I didn't
see any for an hour of observing at 0300 Z and again with 30 minutes at
0915 Z. Looks like I just missed the peak since you were seeing good action
at 0836 Z and 0843 Z.


Was it a short-lived meteor shower peak or maybe just my mediocre location-
suburbs of Atlanta?



We need to spend $200 million on a satellite that gives us accurate
prediction of meteor shower peaks. :-)

Or on a serious note- maybe interpret telemetry from existing satellites.
Does something vary on a communications satellite as we approach the debris
that causes meteors? Maybe measure the intensity of the associated anomaly
for meteor shower predictions. Just brainstorming here...


-Andy


On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:31 AM, James Beauchamp <falcon99 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> Several really nice events over the OK/TX last night.  One good one over
> Northern Texas at 08:36:05 UTC.  (2:36:05 AM)  Another good one over
> Western Oklahoma 08:43:55 Z.  Both optically bright, fragmented, visible
> trail, and with great radar scatter - very over-dense.
>
> Uploading to youtube now.  Will post the link when it's complete.
>
> This was a decent year for Leonid fireballs.  Sentinel was getting about
> four a night.
>
> James
>
>
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