(meteorobs) one Herculid observed during a short session..
Michel Vandeputte
michelvandeputte at hotmail.com
Wed May 31 12:46:15 EDT 2006
Hi,
I had a short observation session this night when a rain front moved away from my region just before midnight. Observing conditions were great for a while, but the whole sky was quickly overcastted by lower clouds (fog and stratus). The humidity was much tot high..., even the temperatures were very low for this time of the year!
I still got one period witch is suitable for the records. It contains one single tau Herculid with a long path from Boötes into Draco.
Day : 30 Month : May Year : 2006
begin : 22.50 UT end : 23.24 UT
long.Location : Frasnes les Anvaing - Belgium 3.38 E lat. 50.42 N alt 130 m
Observer : Vandeputte Michel IMO code ; VANMC
Method : tape recorder -
Field : south (field near Alfa Booti)
Observed Showers :
Tau Herculids
Interval analyse
Period Teff F LM tHER SPOR Tot
22.50-23.24 0.57h 1.00 6.50 1 7 8
Magnitude Distributions
tHER +2(0)+3(0)+4(1)+5(0) Mean 4.00
SPOR +2(1)+3(2)+4(4)+5(3) Mean 3.43 N~ : 0
----- Original Message -----
From: Casper ter Kuile
To: dms-mail at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [dms-mail] METEOR WATCH: comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3
Geachte waarnemers,
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/24mar_73p.htm
http://aquarid.physics.uwo.ca/%7Epbrown/taus.pdf
Met vriendelijke groet,
Casper.
> METEOR WATCH:
>
> On May 31st, Earth will pass five million miles from the dusty orbit of
> comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3. The great distance means a meteor shower
> is unlikely; but 73P is such a strange comet that even the unlikely is
> possible. Be alert for meteors slowly cutting across the sky in the nights
> ahead: sky map.
>
> http://www.spaceweather.com/images2006/31may06/skymap_north.gif
>
>
> Casper ter Kuile
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