(meteorobs) Statistical significance of the Taurid fireball enhancement 2008

[meteoreye at comcast.net]

I agree, anecdotal reports are just that...anecdotal.

My own observations have shown no spectacular rates and no brighter than usual. There are always Taurid Fireballs, whether this year is above normal remains to be seen. Up till now, it's media hype.

BTW I have recorded 32 NTA and 25 STA in  39.17 hours.

Wayne

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: dfischer at astro.uni-bonn.de (Daniel Fischer) 

> Numerous reports on astronomy websites and even mainstream media 
> have claimed in recent days that the number of Taurids seen this 
> year is higher than "usual". While www.imo.net has ZHR profiles 
> for both Taurid streams and all the individual observers' reports, 
> I haven't seen an "obvious" graphical representation of the 
> average brightness distribution, esp. compared to other years. 
> Or an analysis concluding by how much the distribution is different. 
> Thus the level of confirmation of the "swarm year" hypothesis is 
> not clear to me. 
> 
> Daniel 
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