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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 ;)
I would have thought it was less likely telescopically because of the
narrower apparent field of view. One X does come to mind 1974 or 1975
November but the overlap was more one just began as the first was
terminating.
Can you imagine the fuss we'd get from UFOlogists, millenium-minus-one
freaks, people who believe the X-file conspiracy if a crossing meteor
event was seen by many in a city.
> 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."
Yes I've seen a few of these visually, but none telescopically.
However, there are telescopic events where successive meteors are
separated by 5-15 seconds. The pair have the same direction,
virtually the same path (displacements of order few arc minutes), but
not necessarily the same magnitudes. Other observers have noticed
this phenomenon too.
> Back in your court ;-D
Advantage Currie?
Malcolm
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