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Re: (meteorobs) Meteor Storms

Hey Fred and other meteor friends,

	I'm not scientifically recording yet but after getting out last
night I started wanting to after spending a coupla weeks reading
meteorobs.  
	I viewed from 0100 to about 0430.  No complete cloud cover till
0420.  First hour had 5 or so Per, with 3 more sporadics(maybe, at
least they weren't Per.)  Hour two was a loss, I began constellation
identifying after seeing only one or two truly visible Per.

	However hour #3 (0300 to 0400) started out promisingly with some 
bright Pers. till 0320 when I saw a huge, bright, slow moving meteor
traveling horizontally along the N/NW horizon.  It was so large and
close that it appeared at least twice as bright as Jupiter and it
travelled so slowly that I could actually see the meteor 'head'
literally 'fizzle' and sort of spark out as it extinguished, leaving a
trail that remained for a good few seconds after the fizzle.  The trail
had to be at least +45 long.  

	The night was beautiful till that time but that really topped
it.

		Looking forward to more watching,  Bill from Philly.


On
Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Fred Mason wrote:

> Well Bill,
> Hope your sky stayed clear.  I was out from 2230 to 0005 when the clouds
> rolled in from the east(Atlantic Ocean)and wiped out everything.  With
> about an hour or so of teff, I saw 11 meteors, 9 Perseids and 2
> sporadics.  Most of the Perseids were bright in a lovely 5.5 or so
> sky...til the clouds arrived.
> will try again later in hopes of clearing.
> 
> Fred Mason
> Atlantic Community College
> Mays Landing New jersey
> capnjeep@worldnet.attdot net   or    fmason@atlanticdot edu
> 
> free@auhsdot edu wrote:
> 
> > It's 2330, east coast time.  getting the coffee ready and already have
> > Saturn
> > and Venus' risings plotted in case it gets boring.  Best of luck to
> > everybody.  Looking foreward to the reports on tonights viewings.
> >
> >                 Clear skies,  Bill from Philadelphia, Pa.
> >
> > William M. Free
> > FREE@auhsdot edu
> 
> 
> 
> 






William M. Free
FREE@auhsdot edu
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