We had clear skies here in southwest CO. I was out watching starting
at about 9 PM. Saw an eyepopper of a meteor at about 9:15. Long
tail, orange tint to it. I'm certainly no expert on meteors but sure
looked to me like this one made it into dark flight. I've seen a
daytime fireball and watched the big one that went over to California
a while back at night but the first one I saw last night was by far
more spectacular to see. Last night, I also watched several that
were multiple pieces of 3 or more traveling side by side. They went
pretty much directly overhead going north to south. For the last few
years we had clouds during the Persieds. Nice to finally get to watch
some of the shower.
Mike in CO
On Aug 13, 2010, at 6:06 AM, GREG LINDH wrote:
I stayed up all night to watch the Perseids. I laid back on a
chaise lounge, put my IPod on, and looked up. I live in Prescott
Valley AZ. which is about 5100 feet elevation, so the sky was dark
and crystal clear. Well, it's now 5:00 in the morning and the
eastern sky is starting to lighten, so I came in. I counted a total
of 183 meteors. Some were quite brilliant. Also a number of
satellites. Nice night.
Greg L.
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