I prefer the gravel pit, except it is a long drive and coming home late and tired driving is not the best combination. Little Mountain is close, but you have a lot of car headlights and folks are not necessarily coming there to use a telescope, so there is an element of uncertainty about it. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+a.blanchard=ugs.utah.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+a.blanchard=ugs.utah.edu@mailman.xmission .com] On Behalf Of Bob Moore Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:40 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] meteor activity Friday night Do you like little mountain or the gravel pit better and why? Bob Bob Moore Commerce CRG - Salt Lake City office 175 East 400 South, Suite 700 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Direct: 801-303-5418 Main: 801-322-2000 Fax: 801-322-2040 BMoore@commercecrg.com www.commercecrg.com -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+bmoore=commercecrg.com@mailman.xmission.c om] On Behalf Of Ann Blanchard Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:39 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] meteor activity Friday night We went to the Gravel Quarry Friday night. It was great seeing but we only noticed a few meteors, but we may have been distracted with our other quests. Saturday we went to Little Mountain from about 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. We saw a fair number of short streaks, and only four with the longish glittery trail. We also met a rather chatty fellow named Robert who said he was one of the original founders of the Astronomical Society back in 1968 and claimed to have a permit from back in time to use the top of Little Mountain whenever he wanted (although he wasn't up there). Sunday night we confused ourselves and in the 10 p.m. dark Craig turned into a lot just below Little Mountain. We wondered why there were so few people and what all the traffic up the road was about (duh). But from 10ish to just before 1:00, we counted about 31 meteors with the glittery tails and one that the front part (ball?) glowed orange. We enjoyed it except we were parked between a mother with numerous kids who were avidly engaged in a farting contest and on our other side a young couple stood in their car up through their moon roof. But, since they were face to face, I don't think they saw the same meteors we did. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+a.blanchard=ugs.utah.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+a.blanchard=ugs.utah.edu@mailman.xmission .com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:29 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] meteor activity Friday night Friday night I noticed at least 3 meteors that at first I took to be sporadics, but then I realized that they all had approximately the same radiant, near Sagittarius. Anybody else notice this? A couple of meteors had radiants that suggested that they were Perseids, espeically one very bright, long one early in the evening, before the radiant was even up. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com