(meteorobs) alpha Lyncids on Dec 21?

[Bruce McCurdy]

    Here in the Great White Northwest it will be 08:40 PM MST, and the 
(circumpolar) radiant will be about 25 degrees up. If it is clear on 
Thursday evening (the 20th, don't be fooled by the header) I will give it a 
try. What is the anticipated duration of the outburst?

    Bruce
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <meteoreye at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) alpha Lyncids on Dec 21?


>
> 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
>>
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