(meteorobs) Northern bias to meteor showers?

[belatrix]

they are certainly not a wet conclusion! it's a fact! there would be 
plenty of anecdotal evidence, I mean there mightn't be many meteor 
observers, but there's plenty of other kinds of observers (and casual 
imagers) who would accidentally see and report unusual activity most 
probably - besides wouldnt the radio obs cover it all anyways, even if 
no visual obs?
The showers down here, on the average, dont match the 'crumbs' we get 
from 'northern' favouring showers.
Cheers
kearn

On 01/02/2007, at 9:56 AM, Bruce McCurdy wrote:

>     Further to my query of last week (copied below for ease of 
> reference), I
> am trying to do some research on the subject of meteor showers for my 
> next
> "Orbital Oddities" column in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical 
> Society
> of Canada. With thanks to Roberto G. for his previous comments, I 
> would very
> much appreciate some additional expert commentary -- or reference to an
> authoritative source -- about why meteor showers seem to be heavily 
> biased
> towards the northern hemisphere. Is it lack of observation by southern
> observers? A fluke of small number statistics? A temporary/temporal
> aberration? An asymmetry with respect to the distribution of comet 
> orbits?
> Some other physical cause? Or are my conclusions re: the perceived 
> bias all
> wet?
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Bruce
>     *****
>