(meteorobs) Taurids - swarm ? or maybe a weak showing so far?

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Sat Nov 8 11:42:46 EST 2008


It's never too late Bruce. In fact, I'm still working on archiving a few 
remaining Orionid reports.....

Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
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Bruce McCurdy wrote:
> It's been cloudy here in Edmonton but the forecast is promising for tonight. 
> I sure hope so: moonset is at 1:50 MST overnight tonight and 3:11 tomorrow 
> night, as the Moon rushes north-eastward up the ecliptic (+ > 5 deg. 
> declination in 24 hours). So the next clear night is the best one for this 
> year's Taurids.
> 
> I did have a good session of post-peak Orionids which included a few 
> Taurids. I have reported on-line to IMO but not yet here. Hope it's not too 
> late, Mark; I'll try to get to that today.
> 
> Bruce
> *****
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 1:42 PM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Taurids - swarm ? or maybe a weak showing so far?
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> November 7, 2008
>>
>> Skies have been good here in New Mexico for all-sky camera recording the
>> past week and longer but I can't say that I have recorded a "swarm" of
>> Taurid fireballs.  Has anyone observed enhanced Taurid fireball rates?
>>
>> Thomas Ashcraft
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