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(meteorobs) Woolly Hollow Meteors


> Sorry I didn't do a formal count on Jun 27th.  We got clouded out
> right after 10:30 CST (4:30 UT on June 28).  Below was my report about
> our star party near Greenbriar, Arkansas at a state park Saturday
> night.  Everyone needless to say was pleased that the star party was
> scheduled during a meteor outburst.
> 
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> From: 	Togni, Rocky
> Reply To: 	CAAS@ualrdot edu
> Sent: 	Monday, June 29, 1998 8:22 AM
> To: 	CAAS@ualrdot edu
> Subject: 	FW: Woolly Hollow Meteors
> 
> 
> The Woolly Hollow star party was blessed with an abundance of meteors.
> My wife who did very little looking through scopes and spent her time
> looking for meteors saw 17 in a little over an hour between 9:30 and
> 10:30 PM.  She missed quite a few she said as she heard oohs and ahs
> from the rest of the crowd.  Others who spent a lot of time buried in
> a telescope eyepiece saw from 8 to 12 each.  For early in the evening
> this was an exceptional night.  
>  
> The closest shower they could have been from was the June Bootids, a
> minor shower with a radiant in Bootids although no plotting was done
> and this supposition is made only after looking it up.  Of course we
> could have observed a previously unlisted shower!  Most of the meteors
> observed were in the southern sky going North to South.  This may be
> because we were all facing south with little view of the North.  The
> highlight seen by many was a -1 to -2 orange-red medium speed meteor
> starting high in the sky and going to the east leaving a nice trail.
> Another pair of meteors appeared together, one following the other.
> Most of the meteors I observed were slow to medium speed.  For those
> wanting to look up the history of the Bootids, here is a net
> reference:  http://medicine.wustldot edu/~kronkg/index.html
>  
> All in all the event was well attended by both CAAS members with lots
> of scopes and eager lookers.  Michal and David's picnic was also worth
> getting there for.  I don't know who made the deviled eggs, but they
> sure were good!  
> > 
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