[Friends_of_SSASTROS] Plympton Perseids Report

[Matt Schricker]

So cool!!!!

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 9:11 AM <bdecristofano at ssastros.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> *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
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> 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…
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