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Re: (meteorobs) Perseids 12/13 1999 & question
Jim,
The only posssible shower to provide 8-10 bright meteors per hour during
the summer is the Perseids. If you saw 300+ Leonids per hour last year
no shower is going to compare with that. Dim meteors are better than no
meteors!
Bob Lunsford
Jim Hale wrote:
> Question;
>
> Is there a shower with 8 - 10 per hour that is mostly bright meteors?
>
> I remember a summer meteor shower years ago that was like this.
>
> As "intertainment" the dim swift perseids dont make a great show. But I'd
> say a dozen bright ones an hour might be worth staying up for.
>
> Maybe we are spoiled by the Leonids we saw last fall. We watched 300+ per
> hour and many bright green fireballs lit up the ground. One trail lasted
> over 30 min.
>
> Jim - near Red Star, Arkansas
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