(meteorobs) Contrails

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Contrails
• From: Lew Gramer <lewkaren@tiacdot net>
• Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:35:01 -0400
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At 10:47 AM 9/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>What color was the object, Conrad?  If it was red, then it was most 
>probably satellite debris.  As mentioned before, it could have been a 
>contrail.  But I've NEVER seen a contrail at night.
>
>Jonathan

Actually, Jonathan raises an interesting question: anyone ever noticed a
contrail at night? Aside from contrails reflecting moonlight (which can be
quite pretty!), I've never noticed a contrail on a dark-moon night either.
Anybody else?

Lew

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