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Re: (meteorobs) Early Perseid possible now?
Thanks Lew,
By plugging the PER July 15 radiant position (from the web-page you led me to)
into my skychart I can see that the meteor I described below did in fact
originate from the general radiant area.
Thanks for the help,
Dustin
"Dustin Brown (via Lew Gramer)" wrote:
> [NOTE FROM EDITOR: There was a recent post which listed the many meteor shower
> calendars available online for questions like this one! The most authoritative
> is generally the IMO's: http://www.imodot net/calendar/cal01.html --Lew Gramer]
>
> Dustin writes:
>
> I saw a ~mag 0 meteor that reminded me of a Perseid in it's speed and
> appearance on 7/10/01 at about 3:10am local Portland Oregon USA time.
>
> However the path of the meteor did not trace back directly into the
> constellation Perseus.
>
> Is it possible to see a Perseid this early? If so, is there a star map
> available that would show the radiant position for 7/10/2001 ?
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Dustin Brown
>
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