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

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Wed Oct 8 06:57:36 EDT 2008


Even worse conditions here, Bruce. After several days of nice weather, cooler and clear nights, a system has moved in clouding my area out. I checked several times over the course of the evening, and found not even any sucker holes.

Mark
South Carolina

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: 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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