(meteorobs) Possible Draconid activity in 2014
Mikhail Maslov
skjeller at yandex.ru
Sun May 5 00:43:00 EDT 2013
Here are the results for Draconids 2014:
http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Predictions/21p-ids2014eng.html
On 6 October at 22:42 UT (or maybe 1-2 hours earlier) a moderate
Draconid activity (ZHRex=15-20) is expected. As computations show, the
Earth encounters particles of 1900 trail ejected appr. 70-90 days
before the 21P perihelion in 1900.
The computed radiant of outburst particles is in RA=261.5°,
Dec=+47.6°, which is 7.5° to the south from "traditional" Draconid
radiant. Actually this radiand is not in the Draco head, but in
Hercules.
Best regards, Mikhail Maslov
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