(meteorobs) "flashbulb" type meteors?

[Bias, Peter V]

I started calling them flashbulb meteors back several years ago when there was a nice Kappa Cygnid return. The name caught on. Great shower!
Pete

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From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org [meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] on behalf of Carl Hergenrother [chergen at lpl.arizona.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 7:17 PM
To: Meteor science and meteor observing
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) "flashbulb" type meteors?

Thomas,

The Kappa Cygnids can produce “flashbulb” meteors. I’ve seen a few while watching the Perseids and they are definitely distinctive.

- Carl


> On Apr 17, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Thomas Ashcraft <ashcraft at heliotown.com> wrote:
>
> Isn't there a particular meteor shower that produces some meteors that
> flash kind of like a "flashbulb"?  A minor shower maybe?  I can't remember.
>
> Thomas
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