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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Point meteors and DCVs
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> Od: Sirko Molau <molau@informatik.rwth-aachendot de>
> Za: meteorobs@jovian.com
> Zadeva: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Point meteors and DCVs
> Datum: 22. december 1999 10:29
>
> [RB]ob,
>
> > That's an interesting point that you saw no point meteors near the Leonid
> > radiant in last month's storm. I also had the radiant in my field of view
> > and although I probably saw close to 3,000 Leonids, none were point
> > meteors. The closest was VERY slow moving and appeared to just stop, as
> > the train was bright being enhanced as oriented along the line of sight.
>
> I've seen my first point meteors during the storm! However, I did not
> really concentrate on those. So it might have been that they still showed
> some slow motion. At least, they appeared point-like to me.
Although I have not seen the Leonid storm of 1999, I saw one definite point Leonid
in 1998, one point Geminid (-1 mag) in 1998 and three point Geminids in 1999!
I've never seen any other shower do a pointer...
Clear skies!
Jure A.
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