Re: (meteorobs) clear skies around Beijing, China

• To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) clear skies around Beijing, China
• From: Malcolm Currie <mjc@ast.star.rl.acdot uk>
• Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:38:47 +0000 (GMT)
• In-Reply-To: <199811161900.DAA09186@vega.bac.pkudot edu.cn>
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

For telescopic observers like myself tonight was a major disappointment.
Where were the faint meteors?  The incessant flashes of fireballs--some
coming just seconds apart--were a great distraction too.  At times I lost
my night vision thanks to the -12 or brighter events peppering the sky.
Then there were the demands to turn the 'scope on to the long duration 
trains (some as long as 20 minutes).  To be fair, it was an 
awe-inspiring sight to see crepe paper, hollow spiral trails, and new 
nebulae.

Did somebody miscalculate the maximum, say forget a leap year?  I had 
to check the date that it really was 16/17.  

What a night! ((-:

Malcolm

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