(meteorobs) Quick June Bootid Summary

[David Stine]

Excellent night in Tulsa.  June Bootids were beautiful when they came
and left those that watched in awe.  We had several that were as bright
as Arcturus and 2 that came close to the brightness of Jupiter.  My tape
of the event malfunctioned but from 05UT to 07:30UT we saw 42 meteors
and I would say 80% of these were Bootids.  Dropping out of the Hercules
area toward Scorpio and from the area of Bootids north to  Ursa Major.
One went right over the top of the handle.  It was a great night.  Very
slow and lasting, some with a bluish tint to them.  I was very
impressed.  

David Stine
Event Services Manager
918-744-1113 ext. 2021
Cell-810-2243
dstine at exposquare.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Lunsford [mailto:lunro.imo.usa at cox.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:52 AM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: (meteorobs) Quick June Bootid Summary

I can confirm Pierre's statement that the JBO's have indeed returned. I
started an hour after Pierre quit (8:38 UT) and watched for the next
three
hours under skies between +6.5 and +7.0. I counted a total of 48
meteors, 20
of which were possible/probable June Bootids. A majority of them
appeared to
occur in three distinct periods, like the Earth was passing through the
old
trails of the parent comet. The first occurred near 0913 UT, when 5
JBO's
were recorded in quick succession. The second near 9:37 UT, when 7 JBO's
were recorded. The last "mini swarm" occurred near 1030 UT when 5 more
were
seen. The radiant was very low after 1030 UT and only 4 more JBO's were
seen
in that last hour. Twilight was also getting bad after 1130 UT.

A majority of the JBO's seemed to be magnitude +2, although there were a
few
faint ones and one of magnitude -1. I managed to plot approximately half
of
them as some of them appeared at the edge of my field of view and
therefore
were difficult to plot accurately. The most impressive JBO occurred at
1038
UT when a zero magnitude meteor crawled upward just north of the
Hercules
"Keystone". Even though it only traveled 3 degrees the beautiful golden
yellow color was obvious.

OK, time to starting crunching numbers!

Bob Lunsford
Mt. Laguna, CA

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