(meteorobs) alpha Lyncids on Dec 21?
meteoreye at comcast.net
meteoreye at comcast.net
Tue Dec 18 13:33:34 EST 2007
Jan, thanks for bringing that up, sorry I missed it.
That is also in Dr Jenniskens recent book, where I should have caught it :(
That is 10:40 PM EST for the US east coast when the radiant will be 40 degrees elevation at 40 degrees north latitude.
Wayne
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Jan Verfl" <verfl.meteors at seznam.cz>
> Hello all,
>
> in their 2002 article "Meteor outbursts from long-period comet dust trails",
> Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens predict a lot of possible
> "far-comet-type" shower oubursts
>
> The point is that one of them is to happen on Dec 21, 03:40 UT from a
> radiant close to the back feet of the Great Bear (but still technically in
> Lynx, so they call it alpha-Lyncids) with RA 138, DEC +44. For European
> observers it is a rather favourable timing - for example here in Prag, Czech
> Republic, the radiant will be almost in zenith, still deep night and the
> (not far from full) Moon just setting.
>
> The article does not give any information about the strenght of the shower,
> but it is probably because this is much harder to obtain than the timing.
> After the fantastic success of the Aurigid prediction that was carried out
> by the same people, I believe there is a strong reason to go out and
> observe! I thnik that Esko is a meteorobs-member, so he will hopefully
> correct all the misinformation I may have given...
>
> Clear skies,
> Jan
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
More information about the Meteorobs
mailing list