(meteorobs) Puppid-Velid

[Pierre Martin]

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for commenting!  At the 3:20am (local time) sighting, the  
radiant was just about at its highest point for me.  In Bob  
Lunsford's weekly meteor outlook, he says...


"These meteors are best seen near 0300 local standard time when the  
radiant lies highest above the horizon in a dark sky."


Clear skies,

- Pierre




On 10-Dec-05, at 10:54 PM, bmccurdy at telusplanet.net wrote:

>    Sorry for the aborted (non) reply. Pierre Martin wrote:
>
>> The highlight was without doubt my first-ever Puppid-Velid !!  And
>> what a meteor it was!!!  With this radiant at -45 degrees in
>> declination, it reaches, at best, less than one degree above the
>> horizon as it crosses the meridien.  So, it was quite a surprise for
>> me to see one of these rare meteors come up!  At 3:20am EST , it
>> appeared in the form of a spectacular earthgrazer that slowly crawled
>> its way up and along the south-west horizon, from southern Canis
>> Major all the way to the bright star Rigel in Orion.  The flight
>> lasted a good 6 seconds, which seemed like an eternity, and it
>> allowed me to turn my head and have a good look at it.  It was pure
>> white in appearance, and had a sharp wake following behind.  The
>> meteor gradually swelled up to mag -3, and its "head" looked like a
>> disk before gracefully vanishing away.  This was one of the most
>> beautiful meteors that I've seen this year!
>
>    Thanks for the great report, Pierre, and congrats on such a rare  
> catch!
>
>    You say that "at best" the Puppid-Velid radiant gets a degree  
> above your
> horizon. How close was the radiant to your local meridian at 3:20  
> a.m. on Dec.
> 8? Have you calculated the radiant's actual location at the time of  
> your obs?
>
>    Bruce
>
> ---
> Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs