(meteorobs) Draconid radiant position?

sirko at molau.de sirko at molau.de
Mon Oct 10 16:01:18 EDT 2011


Folks,

upon analysing my Draconid observations I found a significant shift 
between the expected and observed radiant position. The expected 
position (according to the IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2011) is

alpha = 262°, delta = 54°, v_inf = 20km/s

However, the radiant I get from 200 Draconids, recorded by AVIS2 between 
18:15 and 21:15 UT, is

alpha = 277°, delta = 54°, v_inf = 20 km/s

That is, the deviation is exactly one hour in right ascension. Can that 
be confirmed by other video observers?

Best,
Sirko

PS: I determined the radiant position with the radfind tool
(radfind -sol 194 196 -iter -posdat -stepp 0.5 -stepv 1 -alpha 250 300 
-delta 30 60 1008DATA.DBF dra.out)

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