(meteorobs) Lyrids from Belgium
Michel Vandeputte
michelvandeputte at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 23 05:06:04 EDT 2005
Observing report
Day : 21-22 Month : April Year : 2002
begin : 23.52 UT End : 03.15 UT
Location : Ellezelles Country : Belgium long. 3.38 E lat 50.43 N - alt 120 m
Observer : Michel Vandeputte IMO code : VANMC
Method : Visual observations - tape recorder.
Observed Showers :
Lyrids (alpha 271°/ delta+34)
Interval analyse
Periods Teff F Lm LYR SPOR
23.52-00.52 1.00 1.00 5.80 7 3
00.52-01.52 1.00 1.00 6.00 7 1
01.52-02.52 1.00 1.00 6.03 8 5
02.52-03.15 0.38 1.00 5.80 3 3
23.52-03.15 3.38 25 12 = 37 meteors
Magnitude distributions
LYR -1(1)+0(0)+1(2)+2(4)+3(11)+4(4)+5(0) mean 2.80 N~ : 1
SPOR -1(0)+0(0)+1(0)+2(3)+3(3)+4(6)+5(0) mean 3.25 N ~ : 1
Remarks
-interfering moonlight ; but the dry and transparent air resulted in high Lm's.
-no outburst was observed around 1.34 UT.
-many weak Lyrids with short trails in the suroundings of the radiant.
Kind regards,
Michel Vandeputte.
VVS belgium - meteor section / Dutch Meteor Society.
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