Joe Rao (and Lew, of course), Thanks for the timely notification about the present and upcoming showers, and the articles written on them explaining them in...
Ray Jones
SayRayJ@...
Aug 1, 2004 9:33 pm
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BRAVO, ray!!! dale ... From: Ray Jones To: meteorobs@... Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: "Sky-Watcher Alert:...
Dale
biscayne@...
Aug 1, 2004 9:52 pm
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Thanks Ray! -- Just to let you know, next Friday, I will have a complete observers' guide for the Perseids that will be posted on SPACE.com. -- joe rao ...
Skywayinc@...
Aug 1, 2004 10:46 pm
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Here's my report for the late-night of July 28/29 at Zion Hill site, located out west of Ottawa... On the way there, at exactly 1:45am EDT, I caught sight of...
Pierre Martin
dob14.5@...
Aug 2, 2004 1:22 am
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On the SeeSat mailing list there's a report of a fragmenting eastbound fireball over Batavia, New York, at about 1:20-30 August 2 UTC (20:20-30 August 1 EDT)....
Ed Cannon
ecannon@...
Aug 2, 2004 4:51 am
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... Thanks to Tony Beresford for pointing out that 20:20 EDT (UTC-4) is 00:20 UTC! Sorry for the goof! ... I also should have mentioned that it was...
Ed Cannon
ecannon@...
Aug 2, 2004 7:13 am
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Hi, Can anyone recommend a good radio frequency to listen for meteor pings, I have a radio scanner receiver (MVT-7200) with external roof antennas, & I live in...
mark ford
markf@...
Aug 2, 2004 8:12 am
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... Sadly, when I visit space.com, all I see is a featureless black page. Apparently, space.com must be another one of those sites which is using "advanced"...
Richard Kramer
kramer@...
Aug 2, 2004 12:50 pm
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Hi Richard K. I also went to check out the space.com web page and got a black screen. My Spy bot program warned me that a spy bot was trying to download of a...
Beaufort SC Amateur A...
beaufortaa@...
Aug 2, 2004 2:44 pm
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My greetings Another observation of Aquiarids-Capricornids complex. Conditions were worse than previous night. The Moon gave serious lightening, also ...
Mikhail Maslov
feraj@...
Aug 2, 2004 2:45 pm
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I was able to access the site without any problems. Initially, the page was black, but within seconds, it opened. It's a great site!! I will be returning there...
arlene
arlenecarol@...
Aug 2, 2004 2:48 pm
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Hi Mark, Tuning approx 600-1000Hz below the following carrier frequencies in USB mode is best, so audibly you'll hear the pings at around 600-1000Hz in the ...
television@...
Aug 2, 2004 3:57 pm
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Hi, Fantastic thanks Andy, I shall give it a try! Incidentally I made a VLF receiver some time back, it receives typically 1Hz-30Khz would it be (in theory)...
mark ford
markf@...
Aug 2, 2004 4:08 pm
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NOTE: J. Hill is not a current reader of 'meteorobs'. If you follow up, please MANUALLY put '' in the "Cc:" of your reply! Clear skies, Lew Gramer...
Lewis J. Gramer
lgramer@...
Aug 2, 2004 5:23 pm
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... There was a meteor storm on October 9/10, 1946. The Draconids, also known as the Giacobinids. More information can be found on Gary Kronk's website at: ...
George Gliba
gliba@...
Aug 2, 2004 5:34 pm
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... I wonder if you may be referring to the 1946 Giacobinid meteor storm. This is when the late Dr. Peter M. Millman conducted his classic meteor spectroscopy...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Aug 2, 2004 5:54 pm
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I was wondering if anyone knows of a Leonid storm during the summer of around 1947-1949. I was a child in California and saw a sky full of moving stars which...
THOMAS HILL
montefina@...
Aug 2, 2004 5:58 pm
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In september 29 OF 2004 El asteroide toutatis pasara a 4 distancias lunares de la tierra. ¿QUE POSIBILIDAD AY DE QUE GENERE METEOROS ESTE ASTEROIDE POR PASAR ...
aldoskyapr
aldoskyapr@...
Aug 2, 2004 6:58 pm
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Hi Mark, I've not tried receiving VLF signals from meteors, but there are some references on the web including this one from Nasa which is interesting: ...
Andy Smith
andy-mobs@...
Aug 2, 2004 8:12 pm
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Maybe it's the Gacobinis storm on Octo. 1946. ... summer of around 1947-1949. I was a child in California and saw a sky full of moving stars which lasted at...
tom6740
tom6740@...
Aug 3, 2004 2:25 am
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Hi Everyone, This post is asking if there is any possibility of meteor activity produced by the asteroid Toutatis on September 28-30. I have not heard of this ...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
Aug 3, 2004 4:02 am
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I agree with the other replies that you probably witnessed the Giacobinid storm of October 9/10, 1946. This event was best seen from the Western Hemisphere...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
Aug 3, 2004 4:12 am
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3581883 Meteorites seen in North Island New Zealand Herald August 3, 2004 Meteorites were reported this...
mark ford
markf@...
Aug 3, 2004 8:04 am
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Thanks Andy that is interesting I once 'heard' a Perseid, sounded like a fast hiss, at the time, I thought I had imagined it, but others have clearly heard...
mark ford
markf@...
Aug 3, 2004 8:21 am
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... produced ... and ... Hello Bob, Below is the output of Neslusan et al.'s radiant prediction software (Astron. Astroph. 331 (1998), 411-413). There are two...
Marco Langbroek
marco.langbroek@...
Aug 3, 2004 10:32 am
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Wondering why there have been no posts concerning the upcoming Perseids? KD _______________________________________________ Mailing list meteorobs ...
KDitmer@...
Aug 3, 2004 2:28 pm
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I hope you don't mind me asking some more questions. Prior to its impact with Jupiter, in July 1995, comet Comet P/Shoemaker- Levy 9 broke into a number of...
David Entwistle
david@...
Aug 3, 2004 6:37 pm
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... Hey, Mike, you don't even mention the most accessible major shower of the year for Northerners - the Perseids! And this is a GREAT YEAR to see them... The...
Lewis J. Gramer
lgramer@...
Aug 3, 2004 7:25 pm
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Lew, Won't the moon be a fairly small crescent though and shouldn't be that big of a spoiler. David Stine dstine@... ... From: Lewis J. Gramer...
David Stine
DStine@...
Aug 3, 2004 7:43 pm
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Although the Moon will be up in the morning sky, it will be a waning crescent that's less than 20% lit on the nights around the peak and shouldn't be that...