(meteorobs) Fwd: BE ALERT FOR 'HARTLEY-ID' METEORS

[Rainer Arlt]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 07:53:42AM -0300, Michael Boschat wrote:
> BE ALERT FOR 'HARTLEY-ID' METEORS: If Comet Hartley 2 is going to produce
> a meteor shower, tonight is the night. According to experts, there is a
> slim chance that dust from the comet could hit Earth's atmosphere on Nov.
> 2nd and 3rd, producing a slow flurry of meteors streaming from the
> constellation Cygnus. If you're out after sunset,

Note also that the entry velocity into the atmosphere is
between 16 and 17 km/s which is extremely slow. Meteors
belonging to this shower should really appear extremely
slow. Otherwise they are chance alignements with the 
radiant. The radiant itself may be shifted by several 
degrees towards the zenith (roughly upwards on the Cygnus
"axis").

Neslusan's programm actually gave Nov 2.5 for the maximum;
that would be over by now, but other predictions may get
to other timings.

Best regards,
Rainer