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Re: (meteorobs) Telescopic meteor
Malcolm J. Currie wrote:
>
> Mike Linnolt wrote:
> > Last night, while observing comet L3 (LINEAR), a mag 6.0 VIR came right
> > down the center of field of my 40x scope, right over the top of the
> > comet! It left a persistent train for 3 seconds. It was neat to see the
> > little whorls and motions in the train, apparently due to the mixing of
> > the ionized gases and debris in the wake of the meteor. In fact, for a
> > few seconds the mag 12.3 comet had a nice 1° long tail!
>
> That's one of the attraction of telescopic observing. Seeing a bright
> meteor and the structure and motion of the persistent train is always
> thrilling. You're seeing it as if it were about 2 km away.
>
> If you do have the path plotted against the stars, I could it the data
> to the telescopic records. There aren't that many telescopic Virginid
> observations.
>
No, unfortunatly, I was unprepared for plotting at that time. I am
afraid too much time has elapsed now, even if i went back to the exact
field on a chart, I couldnt get it close enough to be sure!
Last 2 nights while comet watching, I also saw telescopic meteors in my
field, one was incredible faint, maybe mag 12-13 ! (wonder what size
dust particle would make that? ) It is not easy for me to plot directly,
because I have no hard copy of my star fields, only on my laptop screen!
Mike.
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