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Re: (meteorobs) Re: shimmers and sparkles and fireballs
On the subject of shimmers,
During the 1999 Leonid shower I saw two fireballs. But I was lucky enough to
spot them before they reached fireball magnitude. For at least the first 10-15
degrees of travel the meteor was relatively dim at +3 or +4 and had a golden
sparkly appearance. It reminded me of a child's Fourth of July sparkler thrown
through the air. After this the meteor burned as a bright white fireball with
some lavender color and no "sparkles". It did leave a lasting train.
I didn't mention the sparkling earlier as I thought I was seeing things. With
this thread I decided to see if anyone else has "seen" this effect.
Dustin
Leo Stachowicz wrote:
> >Now all we need is a photo to 'prove' it! The ones I saw would need an
> >intensified system to see though, as the whole thing was rather faint (~4th
> >mag?).
>
> I almost got one earlier this year... While i was observing in Warwickshire
> (UK) a beautiful -2 mag appeared just 5 minutes after my camera had been
> pointing in its direction :((
> It had all the characteristics previously mentioned(apart from its
> exceptional magnitude !) ,slow,orange/golden in appearance and emitting a
> trail of sparksdot it also left a short lived persistent train(lasting
> approximately 1S)
>
> It is one of my most memorable meteors so far,i just wish i hadn't pointed
> that camera in the other direction !
>
> Leo
>
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