Times of Recent "Green-Flare" Leonid Meteors
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998
Just in case any of you might be keeping
track of sightings of those (normally, relatively rare) recent, fast-moving,
"green-flare" Leonids' meteors -- NOT to be confused with many reports
slow-moving, "low-flying" green "fireballs"! -- here's the times, etc.,
for the three we saw:
(2) Tues., Nov. 16, 1998 - 2:18am : While looking n.w.; at about 30-degree
elevation, meteor streak -- with long-lasting, remnant smoke trail -- travelled
w.s.w. from north to west. --- This sighting occurred from the trailhead
parking lot of the Mina Sauk/Ozark Trail atop Taum Sauk Mountain (over
1770 ft. altitude) State Park, in Reynolds County, (s.s.e.) Missouri. (Taum
Sauk Mtn. is about a dozen miles s.w. of Pilot Knob, MO.)
(3) Tues., Nov. 16, 1998 - 2:25am : While looking s.w.; at about a 40-degree
elevation, meteor streak -- with long-lasting, remnant smoke trail -- travelled
s.w. from n.e. to s.w. --- (Same location as #2 sighting, above.) These three were the only "green-flare" Leonid meteors (out of dozens
of meteors we sighted that night at both of the above locations) that we
happended to catch. A friend of mine -- who was camped out on the western
flank of Taum Sauk Mtn. -- noted to me today that he also saw these same
three "green-flare" meteors, along with at least three more. (He stayed
awake until 4:30am to do so, though. Whereas, we "called it quits" before
3:30am.)
Description
of Green Flare Leonid Meteors 1998 Date: Mon, 23 Nov
1998
[All: A friend of
mine -- whose identity I have "anonymized" for the purpose of this posting
-- has posed some excellent questions, below. Thought you all might appreciate
the added details, too. --Bob S.]
It
was an absolutely clear sky. There was no cloud layer for reference at
all. No idea of altitudes. However, the green-flare meteor smoke trails
did *seem* (best guess...and, only that: A guess...) to have been deposited
between 5,000 to 10,000 ft. Reason why I say that is that looked about
where their smoky "cloud" trail layer persisted. (Again...just a pure guess
on that, though.)
One
of the green-flare meteors -- the first one we sighted that evening --
left a "luminous" smoke trail. It was rather strange...it actually seemed
to have an electrostatic charge. It had a soft (but, kind of slightly "sparkly")
glow to it that lasted for 5 or 10 minutes, at most. That is, the glow
progressively dimmed -- got relatively less intense -- during the period.
That also was the longest lasting smoke trail (and, the -- apparently...presumably
-- lowest in altitude) of the three green-flare meteors. It lasted for
a total of almost 20 minutes.
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From: bikebob
Subject: IUFO: Times of Recent "Green-flare"
Leonid Meteors
(1) Tues., Nov. 16, 1998 - 12:45am : While looking n.n.w.; at about
45-degree elevation, meteor streak -- with long-lasting, remnant smoke
trail -- travelled westward from n.n.e. to n.n.w. --- This sighting occurred
at Pilot Knob, in Iron County, (s.s.e.) Missouri, while upon the grounds
of Fort Davidson State Park.
The smoke trails from these (above) green-flare meteor sightings lasted
from a minimum of 10 minutes, to a maximum to almost 20 minutes. There
was a pretty good wind blowing all night. However, the smoke trails did
not break apart during their remnant display, but rather eventually dissipated,
after slowy contorting in shape from straight-line to curved/convoluted.
From: bikebob
Recent "Green-flare"
Leonid Meteors
On
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 xxxxxxx@aol.com wrote:
From:
xxxxxxx@aol.com
To:
bikebob
Subject:
Fwd: Times of Recent "Green-flare" Leonid Meteors
Bob,
Very interesting article. Could you tell me how long you observed each
Glad
you found it so. Each meteor sighting -- both the dozens of "regular" meteors,
and the 3 "green-flare" meteor sightings -- were literally less than one-second
streak sightings. The smoke trails (which were only present in the case
of the 3 green-flare meteors) did last in excess of 10 minutes, minimum,
each.
Did
the meteors appear to be travelling in a horizontal or an inclined or a
decline trajectory? If inclined or declined, then at what approximate angle
did they traverse? Can you guesstimate their altitude, ex: 1000 ft, 10,000
ft, 100,000 ft, above the stratosphere
All
the meteors we sighted that night, without exception, were travelling in
a horizontal/flat plane ... regardless of their direction. There was no
angle of incline or decline, nor any sort of trajectory arc to any of the
meteors we sighted. Unlike the Perseid meteor shower of a few years back
(when most of the couple dozen meteors -- with a half-dozen spectacular
ones! -- we sighted were streaking high in the sky/overhead), the 9 out
of 10 of Leonid meteors we sighted were between 30-degrees to 60-degrees
above the projected level-plane horizon.
Is
there a way to determine their velocity? How long did they travel across
the sky?
Most
of the meteors we saw covered about an average of 45-degrees across the
sky...again, in less than a second. Most probably much less than a half
a second. (Have fun doing the math. :)
Did
they burn out or did they continue with their bright glowing light as they
travelled out of your range of vision?
Actually,
most (again, 9 out of 10) of the meteors we sighted flared -- from beginning
to end -- well within our field of vision. Only one or two, at most, passed
out of our field of view before exntiguishing. Most flared as they travelled...without
leaving a glowing trail at all. Maybe a dozen or so (non-green-flare) ones
had a longer trailing tail that disappeared briefly (maybe just after only
a couple of seconds) after the meteor's passing.
Can
you more accurately define the color, such as, ie: Gas Flame, Gas Flame
with green mixed, Turquoise, Turquoise Green, Turquoise Blue, etc. Did
the meteors sparkle or emit a sparkling effect from the main ball (or head,
not referring to its tail), such as, like a 4th of July sparkler?
More
greenish than not, with that tinge of blue. Actually, each one of the green-flare
ones were -- very briefly -- initially whiteish, then exhibited the green-flare
for the bulk of their flight (about 80% of their path), with a final green
flare-bloom, that was followed by what seemed to be a slight gap/blank
space with a very final red flare-out. (No "sparkling" exhibited that I
could tell...other than that one instance mentioned above in regard to
the "luminous" smoke trail.) All the rest of the meteors we sighted that
evening were white in color. None were "off"-white, or even yellow, at
all.
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