Kim, Tony In case your interested here's a picture of the 'Meteor Priroda' satellite http://www.astronautix.com/craft/metiroda.htm Starry Night Pro shows that...
John Kuehn
jkuehn8@...
May 2, 2005 5:35 pm
29402
two additional items Kim's 03:05 UT 29 Apr 2005 translates to 11:05 pm EDT 28 Apr 2005 at Kim's Emanuel Ga location and sorry for the but>nut typo in my...
John Kuehn
jkuehn8@...
May 2, 2005 5:38 pm
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Here is an interesting note sent to the American Meteor Society. I could have dismissed this story outright but I felt others had the right to express their...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
May 2, 2005 6:06 pm
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Real problem here. Meteorites are very cold; not hot. Only a thin skin is heated during the 2-5 seconds they're meteors. The greater bulk of the object is ...
Hunter, Robert
rhunter@...
May 2, 2005 6:11 pm
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My HIGHLY uneducated guess would be that what Ms. Johnstone witnessed was an instance of lake degassing, wherein buildup of methane (a byproduct of the ...
Jim Pettit
jimpettit@...
May 2, 2005 7:06 pm
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I concurr: not a meteor. Another theory is that she saw a fish fingerling school escaping from a predator. I have seen it and it looks and moves like she...
Swift, Wesley
Wesley.R.Swift@...
May 2, 2005 7:13 pm
29407
John, Yeah, I think the solar panels on *that* baby could have given me quite a glint! As I stated earlier, after checking my tape the time was 3:02 UT; my...
Kim Youmans
meteorsga@...
May 2, 2005 7:30 pm
29408
Hola List, Linda, I just wanted to respectfully clarify the objection about meteorites being "the temperature of space" as the "real problem here". While...
MexicoDoug@...
May 3, 2005 4:10 am
29409
... overlooking Townline Lake in Lakeview, Michigan. I was sitting on the screened porch when I heard a loud splash. When I looked up, I saw a large round...
GeoZay@...
May 3, 2005 3:50 pm
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Below are the results of last night's two-hour meteor observation; as it was early in the evening, there wasn't much activity at all ...
Kim Youmans
meteorsga@...
May 3, 2005 8:20 pm
29411
GeoZay@... wrote: <Snipola> ... <Snipola> Just wanted to delurk for a moment to say I agree that it is extremely unlikely to be a meteor. However, I don't...
skywise
skywise@...
May 3, 2005 8:37 pm
29412
Significant spell of cold dry air has influenced the weather for the past 7-10 days in the Midwest USA, with the moon finally drawing past the Eta Aq. radiant...
Bertunit@...
May 4, 2005 6:28 pm
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GeoZay@... wrote: <Snipola> ... back ... <Snipola> Brian>>Just wanted to delurk for a moment to say I agree that it is extremely unlikely to be a...
GeoZay@...
May 4, 2005 8:06 pm
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sorry to disagree but the meteor which fell in Chicago was green with stuff falling off it when it went through north Carolina it was filmed by local...
GANDNALF@...
May 4, 2005 8:08 pm
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I've just started observing meteors. This morning (03:00 CDT) I was out for about an hour in hopes of seeing some Eta Aquarids. At my latitude (42°N) Aquarius...
Al - Sky Insight
Al.Degutis@...
May 4, 2005 8:10 pm
29416
Al and All, Shower meteors can appear in any portion of the sky. The main determining factor on whether they are Eta Aquarids or not is if their path lines up ...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
May 4, 2005 8:51 pm
29417
Hi everyone Here's an overview of Eta Aquarids perisitant trains for 2005 from Australia using FM radio obs. Frequency = 98.5MHz. Most activity was observed...
dxer2_2000 of Cooma
dxer2_2000@...
May 4, 2005 10:21 pm
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GeoZay@... wrote: <Snipola> ... <Snipola> I'm not sure if you're agreeing with me or not, but I'll expand on my reasoning. The CO2 gas in Lake Nyos is held...
skywise
skywise@...
May 4, 2005 10:38 pm
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Brian>>I'm not sure if you're agreeing with me or not, but I'll expand on my reasoning. The CO2 gas in Lake Nyos is held in solution just like the CO2 in...
GeoZay@...
May 5, 2005 2:46 am
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I tend to prefer the "fish school" or methane explainations, however, since this has become a collection of alternative scenarios--For what it is worth, in...
E. L. Jones
jonee@...
May 5, 2005 3:20 am
29421
I was talking to my brother in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Dallas, Texas around 21:20 Central US Time (UT-6) when I saw a *really* bright...
Peter Brunone
peter@...
May 5, 2005 3:28 am
29422
... Peter, there are no currently predicted re-entries. If it was fast-moving for a meteor it couldnt be a re-entry. remember that MAXIMIM possible speed is...
Tony Beresford
dberesford@...
May 5, 2005 6:23 am
29423
I have read with interest the hypotheses put forward to explain the 1952 event in Lakeview, Michigan, witnessed by a then eight-year-old girl. There appears to...
Dan Wright
ufoguy@...
May 5, 2005 1:35 pm
29424
Hi All, I took advantage of the clear skies during my holidays and observed meteors for two nights (my first observation since the Geminids). The night of...
javor.kac@...
May 5, 2005 5:04 pm
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Hi again, the second night was even better in terms of transparency. However, my meteor rates were very low compared to previous night. Perhaps I was too...
javor.kac@...
May 5, 2005 5:16 pm
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This upcoming period will see the moon reaching its new phase on Sunday May 8. At this time the moon rises and sets with the sun and will out of the sky all...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
May 5, 2005 5:46 pm
29427
Tony, Heh... you're right, I was turned around... BUT I was facing northwest. The mistake was re. Sirius; right altitude, wrong azimuth (blame it on...
Peter Brunone
peter@...
May 5, 2005 5:54 pm
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Peter>> I was talking to my brother in the parking lot of his apartment ... Tony>>Peter, there are no currently predicted re-entries. If it was ...
GeoZay@...
May 5, 2005 7:00 pm
29429
... <Snipola> ... <Snipola> ... <Snipola> My response is only directed at the idea of what was observed in the lake was a 'UFO'. I think David Hume said it...
skywise
skywise@...
May 5, 2005 7:12 pm
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... [...] ... Another phenomena that has not been brought up. But perhaps because it was too early in the 20th century to happen. Waste products of airline...