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Re: (meteorobs) Daylight Leonid Meteor Storm



-----Original Message-----
>How would you precisely locate daytime fireballs (or would that even be of
>any interest since the probability of a daytime fireball at that time being
>from anything *other* than the Leonids is effectively zilch)?


Hi Steve,

I don't know what the probability of a fireball at that time not being a
Leonid is, but in any case, I would try to identify a start and end point of
any daytime fireball I observed. Never having observed one in the daylight,
I don't know how hard it would be to note the begin and end points, but I
would estimate a compass direction as well as an altitude. From where an
observer is at, it probably would be possible to locate an object to use as
a guide to azimuth.

If only I was so lucky! ;)

Mark Davis, MeteorObs@charlestondot net
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
Visual Program Coordinator
North American Meteor Network & American Meteor Society
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