Re: [meteorite-list] The Tabor 1753 fall

2010-12-14 Thread Martin Altmann
Hi Chris, the fall of Tabor was firstly documented in 1754 by the Bavarian-Bohemian astronomer Joseph Stepling (1716 - 1778)in his publication: De pluvia lapidea anni MDCCLIII ad Strkov pagum uno milliari Taborio Bohemiae urbe dissitum, et ejus causis meditatio, Pragae 1754 "On the stone rain o

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread John Teague
I have only received the first issue, too! Still looking for issue 2!!! John Teague Knoxville, TN -Original Message- >From: Leoncio Cividanes Álvarez >Sent: Dec 14, 2010 2:45 AM >To: Meteorite list >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine > > >Me too. Just the first issue (in

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread lebofsky
Hi Everyone: Part of the reason Nancy and I finally resigned as Editors of Meteorite was the lack of transparency with respect to things like subscriptions and how they were handled (Maria Haas, Nancy, and I tried to resolve this when we worked on the August issue, just before things happened that

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread lebofsky
Hi Everyone: Part of the reason Nancy and I finally resigned as Editors of Meteorite was the lack of transparency with respect to things like subscriptions and how they were handled (Maria Haas, Nancy, and I tried to resolve this when we worked on the August issue, just before things happened that

[meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread Orrin
Listeors >From my back yard in Surprise, AZ, between 1:50 AM and 2:43 AM I observed 55 meteors. I'm sure there were many fainter ones that I missed so I'm assuming that the per hour count in a nice dark area was much higher. It was a spectacular show. I'm curious as to how many of you went out,

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread Thomas Webb
Larry, John, Leo, Dennis and others, Some may be confusing Meteorite Magazine with the new Meteorite Hunting and Collecting Magazine. As far as I know only one issue of that one has been mailed, at least that's all I have received. Cheers, Thomas --- On Tue, 12/14/10, lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu

[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - December 14, 2010

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Johnson
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Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread Notkin
Dear Orrin and List: Thank you for the report from a neighbor here in Arizona. We had a wonderful show last night over Tucson. I spotted my first Geminid at about 7:30 pm, and checked back periodically, later in the night. The skies were very clear and after 12:30 am, once the Moon had set

[meteorite-list] (no subject)

2010-12-14 Thread Dennis Miller
http://spaceweather.com/ While night time viewing of the Geminid shower is common, daytime viewing while watching coronas of the sun is interesting. Check out Sundays activity from SOHO cronograph. It's a fun website to keep on your favorites. Breathing Better! Dennis

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread Meteorites USA
Thomas, You are correct, one issue of MHC has been shipped. If anyone is referring to MHC, we're running late on printing issue #2 (which is LIVE on the site now) and, we're finishing up the #3 digital edition now. Once complete we go to print and everyone will receive their magazines mailed ou

Re: [meteorite-list] The Tabor 1753 fall

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Spratt
Thanks listers for some interesting leads. Chris Spratt (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/l

Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Peterson
I estimate a peak visual rate this morning of 120 per hour. This is based on my video peak rate of 40 per hour. A composite of all the Geminids over the last four nights, as well as some fireball videos, are posted at http://www.cloudbait.com/science/geminid2010.html Chris ***

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting & Collecting Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread Linton Rohr
Eric, No rush, but I *am* definitely looking forward to the next issue(s). I think I forgot to compliment you on the premier issue. Great job! Lot's of wonderful articles and the photography was excellent. I must confess, I hadn't quite expected that level of quality. Keep up the good work. And I

[meteorite-list] Shower watch..

2010-12-14 Thread Dennis Miller
Forgot subject on first send. Duh! http://spaceweather.com/ While night time viewing of the Geminid shower is common, daytime viewing while watching coronas of the sun is interesting. Check out Sundays activity from SOHO cronograph. It's a fun website to keep on your favorites. Breath

[meteorite-list] NWA 4936/5406 [was: NWA 2995]

2010-12-14 Thread Greg Hupe
Hello Aziz Alhyane and List, Aziz wrote: "Meteoritical bulletin really contains so many errors ! just like this site http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/nwa4936.htm I'm sure All Moroccans can help to get every mistake about NWA finds/falls corrected, just ask us" Jack Schrader purcha

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 4936/5406 [was: NWA 2995]

2010-12-14 Thread Abdelaziz Alhyane
Hello Greg and List, let me correct the link : http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites_list_alumina.htm I was not talking about about 4936 and 5406, I meant the NWA material especially 2995 which was found in Missouri Morocco, NOT Algeria. There is no mistake for 4936/5406 My best Aziz

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 4936/5406 [was: NWA 2995]

2010-12-14 Thread Greg Hupe
Hi Aziz, Thank you for your quick correction! You got me a little nervous there for a minute, glad it was just a link and not the accuracy of info for NWA 4936/5406 we were provided. I also appreciate your concerns for trying to make corrections to the Bulletin, a daunting task! Best regards

Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread McCartney Taylor
In Austin, TX in mag 3.5 sky. Observed 29 in 2 hours, with 2 fireballs brighter than Sirus. -mt __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://

Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread Greg Hupe
In Florida ~2:00 AM, saw one while driving home from airport. Wish I could have stopped and watched for a while! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eB

Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread McCartney Taylor
I swore I saw a faint and brief (1-2 sec) aurora borealis last night. But this is Austin, Texas and they never get down this far. Did anyone else see it? odd odd. -mt __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htm

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread Alexander Seidel
Me too! I received Vol. 16, No 1 (February), and that was it so far! My subscription will surely have lasted longer than that date, since I just renewed before the end of last year. Any others with this problem here? What can be done, who is to be contacted in this case (email?), while editorshi

[meteorite-list] Aurora Borealis last night (was: Geminid Meteor Shower Count)

2010-12-14 Thread bernd . pauli
Hello "mt" and List, Sky & Telescope, July 1981, p. 86: April's Intense Auroral Display On April 10th, at about 16:55 Universal time, the Sun spewed a solar flare from a region near the center of' its disk. It was a modest flare by solar standards, but the high-energy electrons and protons it sen

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of Day - December 11, 2010

2010-12-14 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi Martin & Stefan, Just wanted to chime in that your image of the new lunar NWA 6481 on Michael Johnson's RFSPOD for 11 December is absolutely spectacular! Congrats! --Rob -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com On Behalf Of Michael Johnson Sent: Friday, D

Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread Robert Woolard
Observed under ~75% clear skies for 40 mins between 0330 and 0410 (when total cloud cover rolled in VERY quickly and thus put a stop to the show). Saw 56 during the 40 mins, one lasting over 3 seconds, 4 with very brief trains, ~2 seconds). Temp was 18 F so maybe it was a good thing those clou

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread Rob Lenssen
Hi Alex, In your European neighbour country, the last issue of "Meteorite" I received is Vol. 16 No. 3 (August). Must have gone something wrong with your subscription... For the magazin's contact info: http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/ All the best, Rob Lenssen www.AsteroidChippings.com -Oors

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Re: [meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread Sterling K. Webb
McCartney, List, There have been sightings of the Aurora Borealis in Texas, following sufficiently strong geomagnetic storms. The most recent observations of large-scale southern excursions of the aurora occurred on August 14, 2000: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aurora_sightings_000814.ht

Re: [meteorite-list] Aurora Borealis last night (was: Geminid MeteorShower Count)

2010-12-14 Thread Linton Rohr
Thanks for posting that, Bernd. That explains a sighting I experienced in southern Illinois around that date. I stepped outside for some fresh air after a late night band rehearsal and for a moment thought that the sunset was still lingering. Then I realized it was well after midnight. There we

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Magazine

2010-12-14 Thread Jimski47
I had the same problem. If you go to the magazines website you can email them to get your back issues. I had to do it twice before I got a response. _http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/_ (http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/) Cheers, Jim K In a message dated 12/14/2010 1:24:46 P.M. Central Standard Time

[meteorite-list] Aurora Borealis last night (was: Geminid MeteorShower Count)

2010-12-14 Thread bernd . pauli
Linton wrote: "Thanks for posting that, Bernd." My pleasure, Linton! Linton also wrote: "large, shifting areas of pink and purplish colors, ..." Sky & Telescope, July 1981, p. 87: "... a red glow ..." Sky & Telescope, July 1981, p. 89: " ... recorded the aurora's reddening ..." Sky & Telescope

[meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread Edwin Thompson
Hi folks, Oregon got slammed by a tornado today just 30 miles south of our home. We watched the storm come and go. It was awesome! Very very unusual for this region. They say it is a cold front from Alaska colliding with the Pineapple Express; a warm storm that comes up from Hawaii and has been

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread Greg Hupe
Hey E.T., "Letting you folks know to the East that weather is on it's way!" I know what you mean... It was 31 degrees last night at my house in Florida when I rolled in at 3am, and I am about 3/4 the way down the state! It has been down to freezing for several days and my plants and grass show

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread Gary Fujihara
Aloha E.T., > the Pineapple Express; a warm storm that comes up from Hawaii and has been > hitting us for a week with warm air and 6 inches of rain in the past 5 days. We're just sending a little aloha your way. We just got hit with a winter storm that deposited 6 inches of snow on the summit

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread Matthias Bärmann
Was it really necessary, Gary, to use Tatahouine for the nose? Best from snowy and pretty cold southern Germany, Matthias - Original Message - From: "Gary Fujihara" To: "Edwin Thompson" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weat

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread Impactika
You guys need to move to Colorado! So far barely one light sprinkling of snow here, and 65 degrees today. And maybe another sprinkling tomorrow (Thanks to ET and Gary!) But all the ski resorts are getting feet upon feet of snow. They are very happy. Except of course when Highway 70 is closed be

[meteorite-list] Ad- Complete Pasamonte stone offered

2010-12-14 Thread Edwin Thompson
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[meteorite-list] Geminid Meteor Shower Count

2010-12-14 Thread jim_brady611
Hi Listees I was out last night from 2:00 A.M to 3:10 A.M and stopped viewing at 100 meteors.My viewing location in Donegal in the West of Ireland is extremely dark and I saw plenty of faint and short meteors as well as a number of bright ones and a dozen or so that left trails lasting

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Video Series Launched - Insights on Meteorites

2010-12-14 Thread McCartney Taylor
I've finally produced the first episode in a series of Meteorite videos. Based on interviews with scientists, dealers, hunters, and perhaps unsavory characters (did Madoff collect irons?) inside the meteorite world. I'll be posting this video series, commentary, and documentaries on my Argentina

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread tett
Well yesterday all roads closed so could not get to work. Blew snow at 7am and then again at 7pm. Today the same as well as having to rake the carport roof and then go over to our church to blow even more snow. My boy down in London (Ontario) had 7 feet of snow in a couple of days. More sno

Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse

2010-12-14 Thread cdtucson
ET, Mike, all, Thanks so much for the warning. It has been over 80 here in Tucson the past 4 days. Can't wait for some cooler weather. Sorry. I couldn't resist. But, it is supposed to get down to a chilling 79 tomorrow. Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax tett wrote: > Well yest

[meteorite-list] test

2010-12-14 Thread Larry Atkins
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Re: [meteorite-list] Off topic- the weather IS getting worse + On topic Geminid pic

2010-12-14 Thread John Hendry
Carl, Don't jinx this! We just got here from Manitoba on Friday and are thoroughly enjoying the 100 degree leap in our ambient temperatures. It is perfect. We're on a resort in Apache Junction and I took the mutts out to the dogpark around 9pm last night and set up the camera with a wide-angle tr

[meteorite-list] Aurora Borealis last night (was: Geminid MeteorShower Count)

2010-12-14 Thread bernd . pauli
Good morning Listees and Listoids, Last night Linton also wrote: "There were large, shifting areas of pink and purplish colors, rather than the green which is apparently more common." Sky & Telescope, July 1981, p. 86: "Auroras above 240 km (150 miles) are mainly red from light given off by oxy