(meteorobs) METEOR OUTBURST IN PROGRESS - Andromedids

[Robert Lunsford]

Ed,

The report said that the meteors were faint, probably magnitude +4 or fainter.

Bob

---- Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca> wrote: 
> 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...
> >
> > Pierre
> >
> >
> > ==========
> >
> > 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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