[meteorite-list] 2007 Perseids

[Mark]

Well from the good ole US of A this morning 30 minutes north of Phoenix AZ I 
sat on Lake Pleasant at 02:00 and watched approximately 10-20 streaks a 
minute until sunrise at 06:00. Some really nice meteors, some breaking into 
two before burning out. I am sure if we were a little farther from the city 
lights we would have seen more. Trouble is 5 years ago the urban sprawl we 
now call a city was 20 miles south and not polluting the skies so bad.

It was a wonderful clear night, air temp 84, water temp 86.6, largemouth and 
striped bass were cooperative and completed the morning by stretching our 
lines. All in all not a bad morning watching the Perseids and fishing.

Mark M.
Phoenix AZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:01 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] 2007 Perseids



> Hello All,

>

> After I had seen my first Perseid, I got mail from Alex (Alex I will get 

> back to you

> tomorrow!) and he was not quite sure if I had really seen a Perseid. Well, 

> it might

> have been a "spoardic meteor" but I have just checked back on one of my 

> star

> charts. That "bright, thick, orange streak" went right through the 

> "keystone" of the

> constellation Hercules, and, tracing back this flight path on my star 

> chart leads me

> right to the constellation Perseus!

>

> In other words, I should have written NE > SW instead of N > S! Mea culpa!

> Anyway, what was much more perplexing , was (a) the color of the meteor, 

> (b)

> its thick streak, and (c) its relatively low speed!

>

> Let's wait for the reports of the more experienced observers (Bob Verish, 

> and

> others) as their observations may throw more competent light on what this 

> year's

> Perseids are like!

>

> Perseidically yours,

>

> Bernd

>

> P.S: Weather conditions are deteriorating, hazy skies,

> seeing mediocre, a lot of humidity in the air now :-(

>

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