2022-06-28, 04:12 PM
Oh man, don't even go there! While my friend Dan Grieser & I were using the 16" Schmidt camera at Perkins Observatory, Dan found a small object on one of the plates. We wondered if it was a comet, so we asked if anyone could confirm if there was something there. A comet hunter in California, whose name I can't remember, checked & found nothing. The astronomers at OSU were unhappy with us & sent the Schmidt camera out west for Gene Shoemaker & David Levy to use in their comet hunting.
Dan figured that we'd caught a faint head-on meteor because the object had a short tail like a faint comet. Interesting times
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You don't want to tick those folks off!
Phil S.
Dan figured that we'd caught a faint head-on meteor because the object had a short tail like a faint comet. Interesting times
.You don't want to tick those folks off!
Phil S.