(meteorobs) Outburst of the kappa-Cygnids ?

[Rainer Arlt]

Karl Antier wrote:
> A French amator astronomer said he observed numerous bright slow moving meteors seeming
> to come from Cygnus. Most of them let trains behind them...
> Does anyone report some high activity of the KCG in the preceeding nights ?

Well is there something like a date?



I got this from Alastair McBeath:

>I've recently had a report of possible unusual meteor rates on 2006 August 18-19 from the UK (no more precise location
>stated). The observer claims to have seen a short burst of meteor activity "just after midnight" (which would be 23h UT)
>then, "At one point I was seeing around 5 a minute". He took some images and seems to have recorded two meteors using a
>digital camera during that time. Unfortunately, he did not send copies of his images, nor any more detailed report than
>this. I've asked for more, but will have to wait and see what happens.

>He did not seem to have been aware at the time that a very bright fireball was seen from the Western Isles of Scotland
>earlier that night, around 21:20 UT, so I don't think there is some mistaken identity in that regard. (And despite media
>claims this was a Kappa Cygnid, the limited eye-witness data I've seen so far suggests a low-angled trajectory between
>south-north and west-east, which would preclude either a KCG or PER origin, if correct. Probably a late CAP then...)

Perhaps this is in line with the suspected outburst
Karl wrote about? It seems like we will not gather
enough information to make sure there was something
unusual. What about the video people?



Best redards,
Rainer