(meteorobs) June Bootids

[Pierre Martin]

Hello all,

I was out for an hour on the evening of June 24/25 (LM about 5.0) and  
setup my chair in the shadow of my car to keep moonlight out of the  
way.  I can confirm that the June Bootids did not appear to be active.

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario






On 26-Jun-10, at 5:20 PM, pmartsching at mchsi.com wrote:

> Yes, there is always the possibility of any apparent shower meteor  
> actually being a sporadic lined up with the shower radiant and  
> seeming to be of the right velocity, etc.
>
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mikhail Maslov <ast3 at ngs.ru>
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) June Bootids
>
> Hi, Paul and others,
>
> Many thanks for these reports. They are very important due to the lack
> of other visual reports from North America longitudes. As your and
> other reports show, the activity of June Bootids quite certainly
> occured, though remained very low with ZHR not higher than 5-7.
> Perhaps it lasted during several hours starting appr. from 22 UT
> June 23.
>
> Your second observation on June 24/25 night gave 1 JBO meteor, in your
> classification. But other reports tell about absence of JBO activity
> in that night. Don't your think this meteor could be in a casual
> alignment with JBO radiant?
>
> Best regards, Mikhail
>
>
> pmc> Paul Martsching
> pmc> McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
> pmc> Long: 93 deg 34 min W  Lat: 43 deg 05 min N  Elevation: 318  
> meters
> pmc> 24 June 2010 03:15 - 05:45 UT (23/24 June 10:15pm - 12:45am CDST)
>
> pmc> June Bootids
> pmc> Sporadics
>
> pmc> 03:15-04:15; 75 degrees F; dew point 62 deg F; wind North 18  
> mph; clear; gibbous Moon low in South; LM 5.0; facing North 55 deg;  
> total teff 1.0 hour
>
> pmc> JBO: one: +2
> pmc> Sporadics: three: +2(2); +3
> pmc> Total meteors: four
>
> pmc> 04:15-05:15; 72 deg F; dew pt 58 deg F; wind N 10 mph; clear;  
> gibbous Moon low in S; LM 4.9; facing N 55 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
>
> pmc> JBO: three: -3; +3(2)  the mag. -3 JBO was orange
> pmc> Sporadics: two: +3(2)
> pmc> Total meteors: five
>
> pmc> 05:15-05:45; 68 deg F; dew pt 58 deg F; calm; gibbous Moon low  
> in S; LM 4.8; facing N 55 deg; total teff 0.5 hour
>
> pmc> JBO: one: +4
> pmc> Sporadics: two: 0; +1
> pmc> Total meteors: three (half hour)
>
> pmc> Quit because some fog forming and must work next day.
>
> pmc> Five JBO's in 2.5 hours on this date and under these conditions  
> would indicate some activity.
>
> pmc> Same observing location:
> pmc> 25 June 2010 03:30 - 05:00 UT (24/25 June 10:30-12:00 CDST)
> 73 >> 68 degrees F; dew point 67 > 64 degrees; calm; a bit hazy;  
> nearly full Moon in South; LM 4.3; facing North 55 deg; total teff  
> 1.5 hours.
>
> pmc> JBO: one: +3
> pmc> Sporadics: three: +2(2); +3
> pmc> Total meteors: four
>
> pmc> Not much activity so quit and went home.
>
> pmc> Next night (25/26 June): massive thunderstorms in the North at  
> 10:30 pm CDST which arrived about an hour later; then more  
> thunderstorms and hail at 4:30 am CDST.
> pmc> Tonight (26/27 June) more thunderstorms have been forecast.
> pmc> Maybe the following night it will be clear???
>
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