(meteorobs) Giacobinids (was Re: No luck with October Camelopardalids

[bmccurdy at telusplanet.net]

Here in Victoria it clouded over again around sunset, although I did get a small
sucker hole just after 8 p.m. I monitored a variable sky from around 03:10 to
03:30 UT. LM was only about 4.5 or so, but I can say with some confidence that
there was no outburst of Giacobinid activity on my watch! 

After a time I turned my chair to face east and away (!) from the radiant
because that was all that remained, and eventually I was rewarded by 
a single Giacobinid at 03:26. It was a majestically slow, pure white streaker of
mag -1 that cruised by the northwest corner of the Great Square and left a
brief, twisting train. 

Within a few minutes even that part of the sky had filled back in so I headed
back inside, without a useful count but strangely elated by that single slow
meteor. 

Bruce
*****


Quoting Pierre Martin <dob14.5 at sympatico.ca>:

> 
> Hello Bruce,
> 
> We have a nicely transparent sky here this evening, even with  
> moonlight, so I'm getting ready to go out shortly to give a shot at  
> the Giacobinids.  Even seeing just one or two of these slow meteors  
> would be a treat.
> 
> I'll look forward to your results as well, hoping you get clear skies  
> too!
> 
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7-Oct-08, at 4:55 PM, bmccurdy at telusplanet.net wrote:
> >>
> >    Bruce
> >    *****
> >
> > PS: Last day on the island today, but if the skies which have  
> > finally cleared
> > stay that way I will take a shot at the Giacobinids this evening  
> > and/or
> > tomorrow morning.
> >
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