(meteorobs) JBO *active* June 22/23!!! Ottawa, Ontario

[Pierre Martin]

Correction: the entire session lasted about 5 hours.

- Pierre






On Jun 23, 2004, at 6:19 AM, Pierre Martin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just arrived home from a wonderful night.  I was blessed with great 
> transparency and LM=6.6 skies all night.
>
> I haven't decoded the tape yet, but a quick summary...
>
> The June Bootids have returned!!  I plotted everything.  In about 4 
> hours TEFF (between about 2:30-7:30 UT), over 45 June Bootids!!!  What 
> a thrill to see all these slow moving meteors.  Many were faint, but 
> several nice bright ones as well.  A few fireballs of -3 with thick 
> wakes.  One almost stationary meteor in northern Bootes.  Fairly 
> steady activity all night, but seemed to be tapering out near dawn 
> (probably due to lower radiant, I assume).  Radiant area was diffuse 
> and definitely seemed shifted a bit to zenith.
>
> Hope more have seen the June Bootids enhancements!!!
>
> Complete report will follow...
>
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario
>