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

[Michel Vandeputte]

October 5-6: Also a cloudy night in Belgium :-(

Long trains,



Michel Vandeputte
 



> From: pmartin at teksavvy.com
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:40:02 -0400
> Subject: (meteorobs) October meteors seen Oct 5/6...
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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