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Re: (meteorobs) Orionids from East GA

Yes, Wayne, I'm now of the belief that it was just a sporadic doing a very
good Orionid impersonation.

As for bounced/unposted messages to the list -- I had "undeliverable mail
returned to sender" bounces regarding this thread even though my postings
got through.  Mail server is twitichy I guess.

kim Y.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne T Hally" <meteors@eclipsedot net>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Orionids from East GA


> Kim,
> If it began at the radiant and did not conform to the path/radius rule,
> then perhaps it was not an Orionid? That's what the rule would suggest.
>
> Wayne
>
> ----------
> From: ksyo@bellsouthdot net[SMTP:ksyo@bellsouthdot net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:05 PM
> To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids from East GA
>
>   Just a quick note that I was able to observe for two hours this morning
> before being washed out by ground fog.  Rates weren't terribly great under
> near ideal sky conditions --  I haven't checked my star counts but I'm
> guessing LM +6.3 or better.
> However, I did see probably the brightest Orionid fireball of my life this
> morning, a multicolored -6(?) that shot directly out of the radiant into
> nearby Canis Major and did not conform to the path length/radius rule at
> all --  it began right at the radiant and traveled only perhaps fifteen
> degrees at most.  It was a bright silvery blue with violet and orange
mixed
> in, no train to speak of but the very brief wake looked like a laser.  The
> meteor head seemed to slide down the wake getting bigger and brighter as
> it went .  It was quite a sight!
>
> Only saw about thirty or so meteors in two hours, 5:47-7:47 UT;  maybe
half
> of these were Orionids.
>
> Hope to have my report in by later this evening.
>
> Kim Youmans
>
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