Astronomy in northern Scotland

You can find details of the astro clubs in the north of Scotland via the
links below.
Bill Leslie

--
FORRES
Scotland

My Web site
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/w.leslie

Sigma, Moray's Astronomy Club
http://www.sigma-astro.co.uk

Sorry Bill, but I can't find any links to Astro clubs (apart from
Forres) in Scotland on your web site and the second link is dead...

Regardsm,
John.

Bill Leslie wrote:
You can find details of the astro clubs in the north of Scotland via the
links below.
Bill Leslie

Both links work for me.
Sigma site includes links to clubs in Inverness and Aberdeen.
Bill
"Me" wrote in message ...
Sorry Bill, but I can't find any links to Astro clubs (apart from
Forres) in Scotland on your web site and the second link is dead...

Regardsm,
John.

Bill Leslie wrote:
You can find details of the astro clubs in the north of Scotland via the
links below.
Bill Leslie

Yup, fine for me now too...

Regards,
John.

Bill Leslie wrote:
Both links work for me.
Sigma site includes links to clubs in Inverness and Aberdeen.
Bill
"Me" wrote in message ...

Sorry Bill, but I can't find any links to Astro clubs (apart from
Forres) in Scotland on your web site and the second link is dead...

Regardsm,
John.

Bill Leslie wrote:

You can find details of the astro clubs in the north of Scotland via the
links below.
Bill Leslie

Bill Leslie wrote:
You can find details of the astro clubs in the north of Scotland via the
links below.
Bill Leslie


Thanks for the links. I'm in Inverness occasionally, great dark skies
for viewing up there, even satellites are easy to spot. If I'm ever up
for an extended visit I may check out the club meetings!

A couple of years ago I was jogging alongside the Caledonian Canal at
night from Dochgarroch to Inverness when I noticed an increase in
illumination around me. Trying to find the source of light, I happened
to look up and saw a large green meteor, much larger than the many
shooting stars I have seen. It made a hissing sound like a hot poker
into water as it 'fizzled out'. Almost overhead and apparently
travelling parallel to the ground, it had a short trail and was as
bright as a flare. Beautiful green colour, it made me stop jogging and
watch. It disappeared within a second or two though, crossing only a
small arc of sky during my observation. It seemed to be low (as in
altitude) in the sky and moved very slowly compared to a shooting star,
but perhaps the inclination and speed can be deceptive due to the angle
of viewing?

It was heading roughly North-East.

Was thinking of posting this at http://www.imo.net/fireball/report.html
but it was a while ago now and I don't know about magnitude and things
like that currently, so just thought I would air it here - it may be of
interest to someone! Would also be interesting to know if anyone else
has seen similar.

Thanks.

aleX wrote:

Trying to find the source of light, I happened
to look up and saw a large green meteor, much larger than the many
shooting stars I have seen. It made a hissing sound like a hot poker
into water as it 'fizzled out'. Almost overhead and apparently
travelling parallel to the ground, it had a short trail and was as
bright as a flare. Beautiful green colour,

Would also be interesting to know if anyone else
has seen similar.

You have written an exact description of a meteor my wife and I saw a
few days before the 2001 exclipse. You are not alone...

The only difference was that the fizzing noise made us turn round and
see it, rather than the brightness - we were on the terrace of a lit
up cafe. It seemed to be just above a line of trees a hundred odd
yards away - and by just above I don't mean line of sight - it really
seemed to be that close and travelling at about the speed the RAF
prefers when they buzz my house.

Cheers

Martin

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

In article , Martin Frey
writes

Would also be interesting to know if anyone else
has seen similar.

You have written an exact description of a meteor my wife and I saw a
few days before the 2001 exclipse. You are not alone...


Martin and Alex,

What you both describe - hearing a sound at the same time as seeing a
meteor - is a very rare and little understood phenomena.

I would certainly urge you, and anyone else who experiences such an
event, to record as many details as you can and report them to the IMO
and the Global Electrophonic Fireball Survey. If you could report them
here too, then so much the better. The information, which should be
reported, is detailed on the GEFS site, but I'm sure any information you
can recall would be very welcome.

http://www.imo.net/fireball/report.html
http://www.gefsproject.org/

I'll check with the meteorobs email list to see if anyone else is
researching this type of event and would be interested in a report.
--
David Entwistle