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RE: (meteorobs) Short report for 6-15-01
Sid-
I am new to this. Have been an amateur astronomer. I
saw a meteor about 9:40 PM EDT from W. Redding, CT in this same area on June 17th. I believe it was brighter than Vega, less bright than Mars. Extremely slow and steady in brightness. Zigged and zagged noticably near the end of its trail then faded rapidly. I was not looking for meteors. If you get any response, let me know. The slowness, steady light, and noticable deviation in the path at the end was very surprising.
Cliff
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From: SidFerreira@aol.com [mailto:SidFerreira@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 3:59 PM
To: meteorobs@atmob.org
Subject: (meteorobs) Short report for 6-15-01
Hello list,
I was observing M57 with a scope last Friday night when I saw two meteors
that I had time to jot down. I think they might just be sporadics though.
Sorry for taking a long time to send this in. I'll try to do a better job
with the details on future reports. I'm still learning. Is the following info
useful at all?
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La Crescenta, CA -118° 24' 13.4"E 34° 22' 27.6"N ZLM:5.5
Time Mag Speed Shw Remarks
1. 23 h 00 +0 3°/sec Sporadic? 3° south of
Altair From about: RA19 59.2 Dec+5 17.3 it disappeared at about RA20
6.24 Dec+9 07 It was white with a short sparkling tail.
2. 23 h 20 +1.5 3°/sec Sporadic? It passed between
Alpha Oph (Rasalhague) and Alpha1 Rasalgethi Herc From about RA17 36.3
Dec+17 15 traveling south for 8° until RA17 15 Dec+10 29 It was white and
had a 2° long tail leaving a dusty path behind it for a few seconds visible
through binoculars...I was better prepared for this one.
I used SkyChart 3 to figure out details from my field notes. If this is
too verbose or needs more info please point me to a book or URL with
instructions on reporting meteors properly. Thanks in advance.
-SID!
http://members.aol.com/SidFerreira/astro.htm
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Sid Ferreira
L.A.A.S.
34° 23'16" N
-118° 24'57" W
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