(meteorobs) Re: Major Shower Peaks?

[Mikhail Maslov]

Hello, all

I think, despite the Moon, some special attention is needed to the
Lyrids this year. From Esko Lyytinen's calculation 1 rev. trail in
April 2005 should be at 0.0017 AU from Earth. It is fairly close,
also, there is a possibitity of older trails encounters (not computed
by Esko). In SOME past similar cases Lyrids gave outbursts with
ZHRs up to 100, why not this year? There no garanteees, of course,
also the Moon will disturb greatly, but any somewhat significant
enhancement should be seen even in these unfavorable conditions.

Best regards, Mikhail Maslov


>> Does anyone know the peak dates for most of 2005's major meteor showers? I
>> like to plan days off to stay up all night watching, and the earlier I 
>> request
>> the days, the better my chances of getting them.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Anthony