(meteorobs) Lyrid Observations

[Mark Davis]

Wayne,

I have observed the ABO's since the 1980's and they have faithfully produced
a handful of meteors per hour (but those recorded this month were not mine).
It is enjoyable to see which shower would out-produce the other: the ABO's
or the ASC's. Very few people record these showers anymore. Below is what
info I have on them in my catalog, most of this was taken from earlier IMO
observations. I have not recently checked any of the other websites such as
Gary's or the DMS to see if they have anything new on them.

Alpha Bootids (ABO)     Active: Apr 14-May 12     Max: Apr 27
Radiant: 218 +19        Diameter 8                Drift: +0.9 -0.1
Velocity: 20 km/s       Population Index: 3.0     ZHR: <3


Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
meteors at comcast.net
namn at namnmeteors.org

North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
http://www.namnmeteors.org/




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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Lyrid Observations


What's the source for the ABO's? I have one plotted meteor that may (or
may not) qualify.

Thanx

W

> reporting 72.0 hours of observations and 846 meteors:
>
> METEOR SHOWER                   NUMBER OBSERVED
> ABO: Alpha Bootids                      3
> ANT: Antihelion Source                 53
> ETA: Eta Aquarids                       3
> LYR: Lyrids                           333
>
> SPO: Sporadics                        454
>
> To view the observing summaries, follow the Recent Meteor Observations
> link
> at http://www.namnmeteors.org . If anyone sees any errors, please let me
> know.
>
> Clear skies, and thanks to all of the observers who submitted reports!!
>
> Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
> meteors at comcast.net
> namn at namnmeteors.org
>
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