(meteorobs) METEOR OUTBURST IN PROGRESS - Andromedids

[Ed Majden]

What is the magnitude of these meteors?  Any bright negative magnitude ones. 
Just wondering if I should set up a spectrograph.
Ed
Courtenay, B.C.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Martin" <pmartin at teksavvy.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 4:59 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) METEOR OUTBURST IN PROGRESS - Andromedids


> >From Spaceweather.com...
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> Pierre
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> METEOR OUTBURST IN PROGRESS: The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) is 
> detecting an outburst of Andromedid meteors on Dec. 8th. "Meteor rates 
> last night were near 20 per hour (ZHR)," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's 
> Meteoroid Environment Office. "The shower could increase in intensity 
> tonight, so we hope observers (especially Europeans) will be alert for 
> meteors." Andromedid meteoroids come from Comet Biela, which broke apart 
> in the 19th century. The shower's radiant in Andromeda is high in the sky 
> after sunset for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. A similar outburst 
> of Andromedids in 2011 was rich in faint meteors. If the 2013 outburst is 
> the same, dark skies will be required to see it. Stay tuned for updates.
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