I saw my first perseid meteor this weekend. I was out in the desert at about 11pm when the radiant was still just below the north northeast horizon. The bolide started about 10 degrees above the radiant and rose straight up like a fireworks shot. The bright white trail took three seconds before fading out short of the zenith. The color and wide sparkling trail are a sign of the perseids and the path from the radiant confirmed it. Also saw a couple of not perseids coming from a different direction with a less intense color. DT
Good catch, Daniel! On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:29 PM, daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
I saw my first perseid meteor this weekend. I was out in the desert at about 11pm when the radiant was still just below the north northeast horizon. The bolide started about 10 degrees above the radiant and rose straight up like a fireworks shot. The bright white trail took three seconds before fading out short of the zenith. The color and wide sparkling trail are a sign of the perseids and the path from the radiant confirmed it. Also saw a couple of not perseids coming from a different direction with a less intense color.
I had just stepped outside at about 4:45 AM this morning, when I glanced up and saw a Perseid of about magnitude 2 or 3 streaking through Cassiopia. It was only about 4 or 5 degrees long, due to being so close to the radiant. Generally, the closer to the radiant, the shorter the streak due to optical foreshortening.
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