(meteorobs) Active KCG activity!

[Koen Miskotte]

Hi Pierre,
Many observers in the Netherlands noticed the hight KCG activity to. 
Unfortunately, the nights after 13/14 august were clouded out. Carl and I 
watched the Perseids (12/13 august) near Grevesmühlen 11o10' OL / 53o 55' NB 
in the former DDR. There we had a good look on this shower, with the last 
two hours under a brilliant clear sky! In this period we counted 70-90 
Perseids an hour! But we saw also the higher than normal KCG activity, 
amongst them a -4 and a -6 KCG. The last one I captured on photo. On my site 
you find some meteorpics (oa a composite picture with 9 Perseids and two 
KCG's): www.koenmiskotte.nl
Carl and I observing meteors since the late 70's and I have seen good KCG 
rates in 1985 (Puimichel, southern France, just 1 of -4 , but rates up to 6 
an hour), 1993 (Rognes, Southern France with -4, -6,-6 and a-7 "flashbulb 
meteors" ), 1999 (12/13-8 Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands with -4, -5 KCG) 
and now this year.
Best wishes,
Koen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Martin" <dob14.5 at sympatico.ca>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:00 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Active KCG activity!


> Hello all,
>
> Just a short note that I was out observing for about 4 hours TEFF  last 
> night (Aug 16/17) under very clear skies (LM=6.5).
> The Kappa Cygnids seemed unusually active!  I still need to listen to  the 
> tape and check my plots, but I'm pretty sure that this was the  most KCG 
> seen in a single session for me.
> One of the KCG was a big flashbulb too :0)) A very impressive  fireball of 
> at least mag -7 that flared to blue-white, lit up the sky  and ground and 
> left behind a bright train persisting for several long  minutes!  It was 
> most interesting to follow the train in my  binoculars as it twisted and 
> expanded.
>
> (Side note... On the previous night, members of our local astronomy  club 
> reported seeing another major fireball in the neighborhood of  mag -8 
> to -10 with fragmentation.  Path description would appear to  indicate a 
> possible KCG).
>
> Clear skies and go KCG :)
>
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario
>
>
> P.S.  Mark... Stay tune for several reports on the way.  I seem to  have 
> had some time to observe over the last couple of months, but a  very busy 
> day schedule has kept me away from preparing and sending  out the reports.
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