(meteorobs) Keeping up with Jones

[Paul Jones]

Thank you, Richard.  I've always said it is far better to be lucky than
good and my good luck hath been running over down here so far this year
(and last year also, for that matter)...;o).  I sincerely hope it clears up
for other folks as well.  I want to share this love...;o).

I was thinking the same thing on the -5 fireball.  It would have indeed
been even brighter had I seen it near the zenith for sure.  I forgot to
mention, the time on it was 2:19 a.m. on July 29th, 2016 for any possible
AMS reports coordination.

Speaking of the American Meteor Society (AMS), I would like to do a shout
out to that organization (which I finally joined as a member recently,
after all these years) and to editor Bob Lunsford for their excellent
newsletter MeteorTrails.   Combined with the awesome European online ezine
-  Meteor News by Paul Roggemans, et al., there are some great sources of
meteor observations, reports and information available to folks interested
in learning more about this fascinating and rewarding aspect of amateur
astronomy - both online and offline...;o).

More later.... Paul J



On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Richard Taibi <rjtaibi at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Paul,
>
>
> Congratulations on your run of spectacular observation sessions!  I am
> envious of your skies and meteor counts.
>
>
> I was particularly impressed by that -5 fireball you saw skimming the
> northwest horizon after 2:15 AM EDT on the 29th.  Because of atmospheric
> extinction at your location, that fireball if seen near the zenith, perhaps
> in Tennessee or northern Mississippi or Georgia, might have been about -6
> or -7 magnitude.  Perhaps the AMS fireball reports will show a sighting
> from folks in those areas?  Just a thought.
>
>
> Good luck for more watches and thanks for your interesting reports!
>
>
> Rich
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