[Chaos-l] Perseids

[Michael Hrivnak]

I got settled at Farrington around 11:15.  The sky was about 70% clouds, but 
the clear part centered on the radiant.  I saw a few Perseids before the 
storms rolled in.

Quite an electrical show ensued for about 90 minutes.  Two strong but small 
cells passed just SW of us.  Pittsboro got rained on hard I believe, but 
Farrington didn't get a drop.  The storms passed over the lake where US-64 
crosses, so that gives you an idea of how close we were.

At 1:10, the sky suddenly cleared.  Over the next hour, I saw 15 Perseids, and 
three non-Perseid meteors.  There were a few good fireballs, one in particular 
that was excellent, and probably the same one Robert saw.  It was interesting 
how they seemed to come in waves.  3-4 in just a few minutes, and then 10 
minutes of nothing.

While waiting for meteors, I determined that the limiting magnitude in the 
darkest part of the sky was right around 5.1.  The glow to the NNW was very 
bright tonight.  Perhaps it's brighter in general than the last time I was at 
Farrington?  (which may have been last year's Perseids)

Michael

On Friday 13 August 2010 01:54:36 am Robert Nielsen wrote:
> Well, I saw a few this morning ... around 1:30 AM ... one was very nice
>  with a trace that lasted about 5 seconds or so.   Perhaps the 3-4 AM
>  period will be good.   I heard that was the optimal time ...
> 
> Robert
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