(meteorobs) Evening "grazing" Perseids

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Evening "grazing" Perseids
• From: Pierre Martin <p.martin@cyberusdot ca>
• Date: Mon, 10 Aug 98 22:45:55 -0400
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I find it hard to say when would be the better time to view this year's
Perseids: early evening or morning before dawn. I'll have to compare
what happens at both times. 

Over the last years, I noticed Perseids are certainly far less numerous 
in the evening. This is normal since they must catch up with earth's
rotation until after midnight. Often tho, evening Perseids will "graze" 
the atmosohere and produce long, persistent and often bright paths that 
are not usually seen later at night. I think early evening observing can 
still be very rewarding because of those meteors actually "grazing" the 
atmosphere overhead while the radiant is near horizon. 

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