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(meteorobs) Re: Fireballs
Susan and All,
One can certainly increase their odds of seeing a
fireball by viewing on nights when a major shower is near peak intensity.
These nights are generally Jan 3-4, Apr 22, July 28-30, Aug 12-13, Oct 21-23,
Nov 17-19, and Dec 13-15. I have seen a majority of my one hundred plus
fireballs during the AM hours on these dates.
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:24
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Subject: (meteorobs) (no subject)
I'm in the rank amateur category too, Nevyn, and never will
get to the level of expertise about these matters that some of the
participants in this email list clearly have attained....but I've spent almost
half a century with my eyes pealed on the sky (in the Borrowers Aloft,
Pod noted that the family would be perfectly safe adrift in a balloon
because humans never look up) day and night, and I've never had the
plain dumb luck to see even one fireball...so empirically I'm guessing they
are far from common as dirt....but with your current run of luck if I were you
I'd get back out there every chance you get and stay away from the computer
desk, where the chances of seeing another one, or documenting it to the
satisfaction of the "pros" is slim to none.
Even at night, jealousy
obviously has a green hue. I think it is a shame if anyone doubts your
great good fortune, or tries to dampen your enthusiasm.
Fair
skies,
Susan
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