(meteorobs) Ursids last night from Eastern Ontario
Pierre Martin
pmartin at teksavvy.com
Tue Dec 22 08:29:53 EST 2009
Hi all,
It appears that there was a small burst(?) of Ursids roughly around
1am EDT (6h00UT). This included a mag -5 exploding Ursid fireball
that left a 15 sec persistent train! Perhaps it was just coincidence,
but quick glances up upon arrival at the observing site seemed to show
that something was up with the Ursids.
Unfortunately, varying clouds forced sign-on not until about an hour
and a half later (not to mention all my fumbling in setting up mount
and cameras in -19C (-2F). By then it seemed the activity returned to
more normal levels with predominantly fainter meteors. But still
rather decent rates of around 10-15/hr visual Ursids under mag 6.3
(approx) skies, so perhaps there was a broad enhancement. An
enjoyable session. Good numbers of COM too.
Will need to decode the tape and gather up the data ;)
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
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