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(meteorobs) It is interesting!
Dear observers!
1. The known Soviet astronomer I. S. Astapovich, in the
book " Meteoric appearances in a Earth's atmosphere " informs about
meteoric shower Canis Majorid, which has produced hundreds meteors for 10-15
minutes, January 2 1878 of RA=105 deg., DEC = - 27 deg. This shower was observed
in USA and Ukraina (city Nikolaev).
Further, in one of the directories small
meteoric showers I have found, that this strong gale has taken place in 1873 of
RA=110 deg., DEC = - 26 deg. Here is informed also, that this shower, also, was
in a maxima in 1916 and 1959 (period - 43 years).
I shall be happy
to accept any information on it and others similar little-known meteoric
showers.
2. I agglomerate cases about appearances bright fireballs
in neighbourhoods of city Ulianovsk (RUSSIA), where I live (LAT. = 54 deg. 18
min., LONG. = 48 deg. 22 min.). I know such 12 cases (1881-2000). One such case,
by December 10 (December 22 on new style) 1895, is circumscribed in one of the
local newspapers:
"From village
Embulatovo, inform, that 10 December (23 December at 5 1/2 o'clock in the
evening was silent and is frosty; there were dense twilights; the sky was of
dark - ashy colour and is no was stars. Above a village in the sky suddenly
appeared shining gap quadrangular, approximately form, represented golden, even
more abruptly by shining spheres as soap bubbles. Instantaneously these
brilliant spheres were scattered and were carried by almost horizontally to a
north, approximately versty on two (approximately two kilometers), have hidden in the same
dark sky, and the appearance has disappeared not having left any track. Light
has made two extremely strong oscillations sharply separable one from another,
and its reflection on ground was of double sort: first - blue, and second -
pinkish, which has transfered then again in blue; why and were represented three
flashes. This appearance about 3 seconds was prolonged. As far as of
this flashes were strong, it is visible, that the people in the streets came in
braking and even impinged, and who were in houses were enveloped by
unexpectedness and fear. Is most remarkable that from force of light
oscillations in some houses go out even valves, whereas at all it in air was not
noted of oscillations and percussions. The similar appearance was observed as
well in city Simbirsk (now city Ulianovsk) between 6-7 o'clock
in the evening, December 10, northern part sky on some seconds illuminated by
phosphorus by light which has lit a northeast part sky. By newspapers
informations, similar it was visible in some places, in neighbourhoods of cities
Kazan ' and Simbirsk ".
Why go out of a valve? What reason?
Write, beforehand is
grateful.
Sergey Shanov
RUSSIA