Re: (meteorobs) memorable meteors

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) memorable meteors
From: janfries@juno.com
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 16:09:02 -0800
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A question for Jure:  

What was the exact date of the 16 second grazer you saw in August of last
year, and where were you located?  I saw my first fireball on August 3/4
in the deep woods of Idaho while floating in a friend's swimming pool in
almost total darkness.  There was one porch light visible, and no other
light source for MILES around.  It also had sparks and was VERY bright. 
I didn't know how to judge the brightness.  Unfortunately,  I was really
inexperienced and may or may not have reported it correctly.  I wondered
if yours and mine might be the same one.

Jan Fries
Carnation, Wa

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:43:51 +0100 (MET) peter.atanackov@guest.arnesdot si
writes:
> Hi!
> 
>    Most memorable meteors? A 16 second grazer (re-entry) last 
> august. It
> covered some 130 degrees. Zero magnitude and it trailed sparks. I 
> saw if
> from my observing location (Velenje) and Javor and Jure saw it too, 
> some
> 80 km away from me. Another was the -15m fireball on June 2, 1999 - 
> I was
> playing the guitar on a pier at the seaside when suddenly the entire 
> sky
> lit up. Shocking :) 
>    Other really memorable nights include some major shower peaks. 
> During
> GEM1999 we (Jure and I) had exceptionally clear skies with LM +7.3, 
> while
> a single count went over +7.50! 
>    Unmemorable nights? Yuck. Leonids 1999, Perseids 1999, most 
> February
> and March nights...
> 
> Clear skies!
> 
> Jure A.
> 
> P.S. - try the same question in several years time, when I've 
> gathered
> more experience :)
> 
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