15 Aug
2010
15 Aug
'10
9:50 p.m.
On 15 Aug 2010, at 21:16, Chuck Hards wrote:
I had read reports that Europe had a better showing this year, hours ahead of us. Go figure.
Maybe because the predicted peak occurred during late afternoon here but midnight and later in Europe. Still, it was a pretty good show. The image of one particular Perseid we saw at Bryce sticks in my mind. Brighter than Jupiter, covered about a quarter of the sky high overhead and left a beautiful train that persisted for over 15 seconds. Ohhh, ahhh... Question of the day: So why are the ionized trails left behind by meteors called "trains"? I've no idea. patrick