10 Aug
2007
10 Aug
'07
2:40 a.m.
On 09 Aug 2007, at 16:51, WAYNE S CLARKE wrote:
Patrick: I was doing a star party last night at a Dude Ranch about ten miles south of Bryce Canyon NP. We saw a lot of the Perseids during the course of the evening and then the meteor you described lit up the whole area and the faces of all the Explorer Scouts who were looking up.
Glad y'all got to see it too.
I told them that a meteor which explodes and leaves a contrail is called a bolide, is that correct?
Yep, except for the thing left behind is called a train (no idea why). We saw a few more early Perseids at tonight's star party. Really looking forward to Monday morning. Patrick