Mikhail and others, If the real ZHR might be in the midway between our predictions, then there would not be so big errors in either predictions ;-) Esko ... ...
Lyytinen Esko
Esko.Lyytinen@...
Dec 1, 2004 9:08 am
28514
Hello, How about the major activity in coming years? e.g. Perseids/Leonids next year, will the Earth meet some revolutions? And how about the S-W 3 in 2006 and...
tom6740
tom6740@...
Dec 1, 2004 2:28 pm
28515
What about Alpha-Monocertoids next year? there is a small chance for an outburst of several 100s per hour... ... Mailing list meteorobs meteorobs@......
Shy Halatzi
veredh1@...
Dec 1, 2004 3:43 pm
28516
... Mailing list meteorobs meteorobs@... http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs...
dedalus@...
Dec 1, 2004 4:12 pm
28517
This upcoming period will see the moon reaching its last quarter phase on Sunday December 5. This weekend the waning moon will rise near midnight and will...
Hello, In predictions by Sato (from NMS page) for Perseids 2005 there is a rather good encounter with 4 rev. trail of 1479 year. My raw calculations using...
Mikhail Maslov
ast0@...
Dec 2, 2004 4:42 am
28520
Hi all, sorry that I haven't read the forum for a while, but I'd like to add a few to the "black" topic with my point. I usually see black meteors and I report...
Honza
verfl.meteors@...
Dec 2, 2004 7:29 am
28521
... That makes sense. ... I just did a fairly good measurement of my blind spots. For left eye looking at Saiph (left foot of Orion), Sirius is about 18...
Norman W. McLeod III
nmcleod@...
Dec 2, 2004 9:25 am
28522
I cant speak for anyone else but I do have to "observe" that my eyes blind spots do not appear as black. Although it is blind the color black is not there....
Jeff Wilson
meteorrr@...
Dec 2, 2004 6:51 pm
28523
Hi Norman and all, I have yet to see a black meteor, although I've been observing since 1966. I know Norman's experience dwarfs mine (and everybody else's...
Bias, Peter V
pbias@...
Dec 2, 2004 7:01 pm
28524
The sky is bright once you're dark adapted. It's not black, be it from faint stars, airglow, zodiacal light, artificial light etc. My experience of this...
Malcolm J. Currie
mjc@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:07 am
28525
Whoa! 1966; that is a good while. You must have seen the Leonids in 1966 right Pete? Pulling the book Fireballs, Meteors, and Meteorites I find the only...
Jeff Wilson
meteorrr@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:24 am
28526
Hello. Despite the Moon, I decided to do observation, but due to closing front just after the beginning the sky started getting clouding, so in 20 minutes I...
Mikhail Maslov
ast0@...
Dec 3, 2004 2:52 pm
28527
... Once you've seen one (I've been fortunate enough to see four) it's a sight you won't forget. While observing the Quadrantids about four years ago, I saw...
Kim Youmans
ksyo@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:10 pm
28528
... From: meteorobs-bounces@... [mailto:meteorobs-bounces@...]On Behalf Of Jeff Wilson Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:56 PM To: Global...
Bias, Peter V
pbias@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:18 pm
28529
Hi Kim, Jeff, Norman, and all, I also saw two nebulous Quadrantids in 1999. They almost looked like popcorn popping rather than a streak. Very strange, but...
Bias, Peter V
pbias@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:35 pm
28530
For anyone interested in Meteor Spectroscopy there is a large ~102X102mm - 1200 g/mm B&L reflection grating blazed for 500 (I assume that is 500 nm but check...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:41 pm
28531
Hello all, I am Mikiya Sato. ... This predictions were by Isao Sato, not by me. I want you to be careful. I mark as "Mikiya Sato" or "M.Sato" to my predictions...
Mikiya Sato
mail@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:26 pm
28532
With reference to my previous message regarding the eBay reflection grating here is the reference to the BAA paper I mentioned. "High resolution spectra and...
Ed Majden
epmajden@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:10 pm
28533
... This phenomenon has to be an artifact of the eye. There is no way an object of any kind could interact with the atmosphere in an observable way without...
Richard Kramer
kramer@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:28 pm
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sir, i m a college student and an amateur astronomer from india. i m going to observe geminid meteor shower. but i m a little confused about the date and time...
Ajinkya Kamat
ask1710@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:48 pm
28535
The peak will be on december 13th, somewhere between 19 and 23 UT. Daniel ... Mailing list meteorobs meteorobs@... ...
Richard, Nebulous meteors, as opposed to dark/black meteors, definitely emit light. What I saw were not artifacts, they were slow moving, tear-drop shaped...
Kim Youmans
ksyo@...
Dec 4, 2004 2:02 am
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... I just want to echo Kim's riposte. They're like a shooting nebula/Milky Way. Some I've seen expand along their short paths. It's as if some larger...
Malcolm J. Currie
mjc@...
Dec 4, 2004 2:31 am
28539
Dear wonderful meteorobs.org people: A nebulosity (per dictionary definition) is a cloudy, diffuse phenomenon. Black meteors may not necessarily be nebulous...
Eric Bynum
bynum_9@...
Dec 4, 2004 3:09 am
28540
***************************** NAMN Notes: December 2004 ***************************** Introduction: NAMN Notes is a monthly newsletter produced by the North...
Mark Davis
meteors@...
Dec 4, 2004 4:26 am
28541
Hi Eric, Remember that if something were truly dark (i.e. emitting no noticeable light), it would have to be humongous in order for you to see it from that...
Peter Brunone
peter@...
Dec 4, 2004 5:22 am
28542
I have to add my two cents here too. During the Leonids, when I did the last of my meteor gazing, I too saw or was AWARE of this 'black' patchy area that...
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