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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Heavenly Conjunctions
-----Original Message-----
>OK Malcolm, you outdid my satellite/moon conjunction with your
>telescopic/eclipsed moon sighting. That must have been quite a sight!
>
>I think I got one better though....have you (or anyone) seen
>simultaneous meteors cross paths?
>
>This is probably much more common for telescopic observers but on August
>12, 1974 I caught a bright Perseid and a sporadic crossing paths in a
>highly inclined "X" fashion. Out of 32 years and over 50,000 meteors
>this is the only time I have seen this occur.
>
>Your Turn ;)
Bob, I haven't seen the "X" pattern you mention, but three years ago I did
see two running parallel with each other, same magnitude, same apparent
velocity, each so close that the fragments gave the appearance of the
two meteors "shaking hands."
Back in your court ;-D
mark
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