(meteorobs) Re: Anomalous meteors

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Anomalous meteors
• From: Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa@prodigy.com>
• Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:03:11 -0800
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Rob,

Thanks for sharing your "triple meteor" sighting. One would expect to
see the phenomena from strong showers such as the Leonids, Geminids, or
Perseids. To catch the Delta Aquarids producing such a sight is most
fortunate!

Bob Lunsford

Rob McNaught wrote:

> Although I can't beat the Leonid "stormlet", I did see three simultaneous
> delta Aquarids from the summit of Mauna Kea in 1974.  No, it wasn't oxygen
> starvation!  As I remember it, the middle one was around mag +2 with mag
> +3 meteors appearing very shortly afterwards (0.1 sec?) a degree or so
> either side.  In the time all three were visible together, the clearly
> displayed a common angular velocity and diverged from each other by
> several degrees in direction.  This is the only time I've clearly
> experienced a radiant as a perception.
> Cheers, Rob
> 
> Robert H. McNaught
> rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.au
>
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