(meteorobs) Meteor Activity Outlook for September 9-15, 2005

[George Gliba]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:15:21AM -0700, Robert Lunsford wrote:

[lots of good meteor information deleted...]
 
> There are three more possible radiants that deserve your attention this
> week. For the last decade or so around September 12th there has been
> activity noted from the constellations of Triangulum, Aries, and Taurus. The
> Triangulid radiant seems to produce the most activity. The activity centers
> are located near the bright stars of Alpha Trianguli, Hamal (Alpha Arietis),
> and between the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters in western Taurus. All
> three radiants would produce meteors in the medium to swift velocity range.
> These showers are also best seen during the last hour before the start of
> morning twilight. Plotting and video observations would be most valuable for
> studying these suspected radiants.
> 
> Kappa Aquarids (KAQ)    22:08 (332) -08
> Hourly Rate = N. Hemisphere >1 - S. Hemisphere >1
> 
> Anthelion    00:12 (003) +02
> Hourly Rate = N. Hemisphere 2 - S. Hemisphere 2
> 
> Sep. Perseids (SPR)   04:04 (061) +47
> Hourly Rate = N. Hemisphere 3 - S. Hemisphere >1

Don't forget that, because chance alignments of sporadic meteors for the above
minor meteor showers is a problem, the northern and southern apex meteor source
locations should be noted. They are large diffuse pseudo-radiants located on
the north and south sides of the ecliptic.

Northern Apex (NPX)  05 16  +38
Southern Apex (SPX)  05 16  +08

GWG