From up on my roof in Stansbury Park it was an ok show but not a show stopper. Rates were low when I first ventured out about 2 a.m. with numbers picking up to maybe 50 per hour by 3. Dropped down a bit around 4 but then got fairly exciting in the minutes leading up to and following 5 am when rates rose to about 80 per hour. I did not see any color. All were white. A few left trains but they were in the minority. There were no really bright ones but a couple made it to maybe -2. There were a number of meteor pairs that appeared at the same time. There was one very bright (`-3) point source flash that got my attention. I initially thought it was a head on meteor until it was followed by another and another, all moving slowing across the sky. Turned out to be a tumbling satellite. And being swooped by one of the bats from my resident bat colony was fun. But the scene I liked the best was turning around to the east just as Venus crawled over the horizon off to the right of the Moon. Very pretty. and now it's off to bed. I've a hot date with a couple of propellers later this afternoon... Patrick Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi All, Probably I'll head to Ye Olde Gravel Pit tonight or early tomorrow. Can anyone sees the meteors email me a brief description for a story I am planning for Friday's paper? Even if it's just,"Man, that was a dud! Nothing like the buildup!" Or a couple of sentences about something memorable. The address is bau@desnews.com. Just make sure you give me your name, where you live (city or town, nothing more specific) and where you watched. Many thanks, Joe
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