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Re: (meteorobs) Leonid colors
has anyone determined the cause of the colors? does it have to do with the
composition of
the material or the atmosphere?
a.
and more than once over here, i've seen things that looked like 'flares' but
couldn't have been...
the green color fooled me though...are meteors often green?? (not during a
shower, but normally?)
one more question..what's iridium have to do with anything?
sorry if these seem naive..i'm new at all this..
thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Vints <mark.vints@skynetdot be>
To: meteorobs@latrade.com <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Date: November 20, 1998 6:23 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Leonid colors
Several observers on this list have already commented on the colorfull
display the Leonids are currently producing. Just a few notes on some
particular events I witnessed last night.
1.) I saw a stationary fireball in Leo's sickle, which left a green puff of
cloud (meteor train) that later faded to grey and drifted away. Could this
have been real color or just a perception effect? I did not see the actual
meteor directly, but turned because of a flash of light.
2.) Besides many colorful meteors, I saw one in particular which was a
bright blue color, which almost instantly shifted to green-yellow-orange-red
before fading. It looked to me as a black-body emitter would that rapidly
cools. Is this what happened, or was this just another physiological effect?
Any comments welcome ...
greetings,
mark.vints@skynetdot be
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