(meteorobs) RE: The June Lyrids.

[Robert Warren]

David,

I remember seeing the June Lyrids back in 1989.  It would have been the 
second weekend (I believe) of June.  I was camping near Walters Camp south 
of Blythe, California, on the west bank of the Colorado river.  It was 
around midnight when I was looking up out of my sleeping bag.  Seeing was 
around 6th magnitude. Then all of a sudden I saw 5 meteors around 1 to 3rd 
magnitude in rapid succession from a central point in Lyra. Over the course 
of the next half an hour I saw an additional 8 meteors, all of around 2nd 
magnitude all originating from the same point.  At the time, I did not know 
of any radiant in that area, nor was I really prepared for such  observing 
that night.  I didn't have any star charts with me at the time, so I can 
only relie on my memory of the event.  The next night was almost as clear 
(seeing around 5th magnitude with the naked eye) but the seeing was down 
because of brush fires in the eastern Mojave that day and night.  Though the 
fires were not close to me, I could see the smoke from them.

I thought this info might be of some interest.

Cheers,

Robert Warren

_________________________________________________________________
Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. 
It’s free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_MAY07