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

Rostislav Štork stork at asu.cas.cz
Thu Jun 24 22:26:58 EDT 2010


Hi,
I observed today (24/25) in Ondrejov, Czech Republic and it seems the 
activity did not continue. 23:10-1:35 UT MetRec detected 30 meteors, 27 
of them sporadic, 3 Antihelion, no JBO. The conditions were not perfect, 
but become better in the second half of observation.

    Rostislav Stork



Dne 24.6.2010 15:17, Juergen Rendtel napsal(a):
>
> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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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