(meteorobs) [IMO-News] June Bootids active on June 23/24, 2010

[Juergen Rendtel]

Hi All,

This is interesting and looks like a rather sudden increase of the
activity. I was out on June 23-24 between 2300 and 0005 UT (ended by
morning twilight at 52 deg N). Skies were clear (LM despite the very
low Moon 5.8) but during the interval I noted not a single JBO
candidate. Just 2 Antihelion meteors occurred and 6 sporadics...

Looking forward to seeing more reports.
Juergen Rendtel


Javor Kac wrote:
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>
> Hi All,
>
> significant June Bootids activity was noticed during comet observing
> session on June 24, 2010, between 00h00m UT and 01h06m UT.
> During one hour of casual observing (about 30-40% time was spent
> skygazing) under LM 6.0 sky, eight June Bootids were seen by Jure
> Atanackov
> a couple of other observers and myself.
> Their magnitude distribution was:
> 0(2) +1(2) +2(2) +3(2)
> During this interval only two sporadic meteors were seen.
>
> My meteor camera Orion1 detected 9 June Bootids and 8 sporadic meteors in
> about 5 hours observing time in the night of June 23/24.
>
> American observers should be alert for the possible prolonged activity. I
> hope some of you will persist despite the bright Moon!
>
> Clear skies!
> Javor
>
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