(meteorobs) October meteors seen Oct 5/6...

[Pierre Martin]

Hi all,

I was out observing last night at Bootland Farm (Oct 5/6 2010 for an  
hour centered around 01UT or 9pm EDT), and I saw/plotted a few  
possible candidates for October Camelopardalids.  They seemed to line  
up perfectly with the radiant position indicated in Bob Lunsford's  
weekly outlooks.

Interestingly, a couple of meteors *might* be early Draconids.  Need  
to review my plots to check this.

Even more interestingly, something seemed to be going on with the  
Delta Aurigid radiant!  I saw a handful of long and very swift  
earthgrazers that lined up with that radiant, which lurked just 7  
degrees or so from the horizon!  This was certainly the most  
surprising aspect of my short session.

After one hour, encroaching clouds forced me to sign off.  On my way  
out, it cleared up again but I wasn't able to stay due to a busy  
workday the next morning.  Full report will be submitted soon, but did  
anyone else notice these meteors?

I'm looking forward to monitoring the skies for any Draconids these  
coming nights :)

- Pierre