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Re: (meteorobs) Views of Meteors




All right, so we're sharing Lyrid fireball stories? My best LYR peak in terms of
fireballs was just last year from Long Key, FL: The haul for the night of 22/23
Apr 1998 included both a -5 LYR and *two* -3 LYRs, not to mention a -4 early ETA
and a -2 SAG... all followed by another -4 LYR the next night!

OK, so what prize do I win? ;>


BTW, a more serious note to Bob's post on his "point" Geminid: Bob and I have
discussed in the past that he seems to see FAR fewer of these meteors than I do.
Since 1995, I'm averaging about one "speed 0" every other session. I suspect it
is partly because my perception of rapid motion is less fine (or perhaps just
less experienced?) than Bob's.

At the time of our previous discussion, I thought Bob had a noticeably larger
average "DCV" than mine - the angular Distance from his Center of Vision at
which he was noticing meteors was 10 or 20 degrees greater on average.

I was curious to hear what numbers other experienced observers like Bob were
seeing of true "point" meteors, i.e., meteors so short you're unable to assign
a path direction to them, even though you see them well? Also, for those with
point-meteor statistics to share, what do you know of your average DCV?

Clear skies all!
Lew


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