[Friends_of_SSASTROS] Plympton Perseids Report

[bdecristofano at ssastros.org]

My camera made the aurora much more intense than I saw it.  Here's my edited
version of the what the camera saw.  It's still not exactly how I perceived
it, but it's closer.

 

 

 

From: bdecristofano at ssastros.org <bdecristofano at ssastros.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2024 9:07 AM
To: 'SSAStros Members' <ssas_members at ssastros.org>;
friends_of_ssastros at ssastros.org
Subject: Plympton Perseids Report

 

I hope you got a chance to view some meteors!  On Sat/Sun night, Carolyn and
I and Brendan were out in our yard from about 10:30 until 12:30.  We saw a
handful (maybe 10?).  The clouds kept coming over, then clearing a bit, and
repeating that.  This morning, I was out from 1:30 until about 3:30.  It was
clear, dark, and great.  I counted 67 Perseids and 3 strays.  Of the 67, 44
were what I call "bright" - 2nd magnitude or brighter, and the rest "faint".
THEN.at around 2:18.the Northern Lights sprung up into the sky.  A curtain
of pink, with vertical striations, just rose up and brightened.  It varied a
little and after about 5-8 minutes, the dropped down again, and were out of
sight.  For a sonic backdrop during the light display, Pink Floyd's Shine On
You Crazy Diamond was up in our Meteor Watching Playlist shuffle.  Wow.

 

bar

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