(meteorobs) Unformal ETA observing session, 04/05-05-2008 from France

[Karl Antier]

Dear meteor observers,

Here is a brief unformal report of a short observing session made 
from Valensole (Provence, South-Eastern France, (43°50'N; 05°59'20"E))
in the night 04/05-05-2008, to try to catch parts of the ETA activity.
As expected, observations were very short (1h), and the radiant was quite
low, reducing the number of observed ETA.
As this was not to be used in IMO data (too low elevation of the radiant,
the report is quite unformal).

02h-02h30 UT: 2 ETA, 0 ELY, 5 SPO (lm ~+6.4-6.5)
02h30-03h UT: 1 ETA, 1 ELY, 4 SPO (locally reduced lm to +5.5-6.0 due to
cirrus arrival, beginning of twilight)
03h-03h10 UT: 2 ETA, 0 ELY, 0 SPO (twilight, tireness)

The next night was completely cloudy...
Clear skies to all!
Karl





> Message du 05/05/08 21:12
> De : "Geert Barentsen" 
> A : imo-news at yahoogroups.com, "Global Meteor Observing Forum" 
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> Objet : (meteorobs) Eta-Aquariids 2008 ZHR
> 
> Hello meteor people,
> 
> Although the eta-Aquariids is one of the most active meteor showers of the
> year, it does not receive a lot of attention because of the difficulty to
> observe this shower from northern latitudes. Also this year the number of
> observations reported so far is fairly low.
> 
> To attract more observers, we just activated an online ZHR graph at:
> 
> http://www.imo.net/zhr
> 
> Spread the word to your friends at slightly lower latitudes!
> 
> Clear skies,
> Geert
> 
> 
> PS: To keep the ZHR estimates reliable, the graph may automatically ignore
> observing periods that were performed under low radiant elevation and/or
> poor limiting magnitude. Nevertheless, you will always be credited in the
> observer statistics and your data may still be used in a manual analysis.
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