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(meteorobs) Friday Sept. 19...



Hi guys -

This is a cross-posting from our RASC list, from Father Lucien Kemble in
Saskatchewan, Canada...  thought you guys would be interested in the meteor
reference...

- Cathy
  Great White North

>Date:  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 09:43:26 -0600 (CST)
>From: luckem@sk.sympaticodot ca (Lucian Kemble)
>Subject: RASC List:  Comet
>
>Hi, good people:
>
>Friday night it was terribly cold, well below feezing - first major hint of
>things to come in Flatland.  However, last night it was clear and balmy.
>
>I picked up one of the new comets, Meunier-Dupouy, in Draco.  Very faint.  I
>would like to hear from any of you who may have seen it.  A number of very
>bright, slow, red/orange meteors coming from roughly the Sagittarius direction.
>
>I began my Triangulum project, picking up about 11 new galaxies, mostly in
>the 13-15 mag range.  Then the Moon came up in Taurus, to wipe things out.
>
>Clear skies and good observing.                 Lamplighter