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(meteorobs) Meteor near eclipsed moon
Below are some reports of a meteor near the eclipsed moon (east coast).
Castor (gemini) -> Procyon (leo minor). I had some wide-angle shots
running of this area, but I was on the west coast.
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WOW!
That eclipse was awesome. I was up at a friends house, and was stunned
at
the colors.... The hilight of the night for us us a 1st mag
meteor streaking just south of the fully eclipsed moon. Hope it was just
as
spectacular for everone else on the list!
Ken Webb
Cent. Fla
Did you judge the meteor to run from Gemini to Canis Minor? If so, I
saw the
same one in B'ham, AL!!
Clark
Clark
It was, it looked like it passed a little bit from Procyon and continued
into an
area near Canis Major. It was pretty nice, too bad I didn't have an
exposure
going at that time so I could accurately get the track.
Ken
I've been collecting observations of the eclipse for a news article, and
I
received observations from Clark Mason in Birmingham, AL and Doug Murray
near West Palm Beach, FL, both of them citing the same meteor,
apparently at
about 11:51 EST. I've passed your e-mail address to Clark and Doug;
perhaps
the three of you can compare the sky locations at which you observed the
meteor and thereby compute its true location, altitude, and course.
Wil
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Here is my story, of the "run" at the eclipse". A fellow (friend of Bob
Lunsford) on <meteorobs> emailed my privately about my Anza Borrego
site, for observing meteors. (I temporarily misplaced the email). It's
off S22, near where you said you go. But, it requires 4WD (2WD, if
someone who knows what they're doing).
I have photos of the lunar eclipse at
http://www.comet-track.com/eclipse/lecl100/lecl100.html
The weather almost made this a bust for me. There was a real strong
sub-tropical front going through..still can't believe I pulled it off.
I drove like a madman chasing holes in clouds...the thrill is in the
chase. It took 5 hours, 30 gallons of gas..450 miles to get to the
"magic spot". (Took another 15 gallons, 250 miles to get back home.
Almost ran out of gas, looking to re-fuel at Temecula. fuel bill=$55).
My planned spot at Anza Borrego (3.5 hr drive) was a bust, CLOUDS. There
was a clear area to the west, so I started chasing towards Palomar. It
reminded me of Nov. '93, where I did the lunar eclipse from Warner
Springs. I actually passed that spot, but it was still a no-go. After
~6 stop/get-out/check-the-sky, finally ended up at Lake Henshaw (below
Palomar MTn)..just before totality started.
I got my G11 mount bore-scope aligned with Polaris (barely visible thru
some clouds.). I got in a sequence of shots early totality..then clouds
came in. Then it cleared, and I kept on shooting. Totality was GREAT,
despite intermittent light-cloud interference. I had some long
naked-eye looks, during the long wide-angle shots (unguided) I was
doing. The ending partial phase was half-way done, when some serious
clouds wiped it out. I remember seeing a HUGE moon dog just before this
(among some scattered clouds), it was more than HALF the sky!! That was
an interesting sight.
The eclipsed moon was brighter than in Nov '93. (only a few miles from
where I was for 2000). Back then, I can still remember the REALLY dark
eclipsed moon, suspended near Taurus..and Orion..real EERIE.
I drove back to LA, encountering light drizzle. I was cooling
off..turned on the TV. I was amazed to see that Griffith Park had a
similar scenario to mine..threatening clouds for partials, but totality
was clear (?).
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