(meteorobs) eta Aquarids from north Florida - May 6/7, 2013

Paul Jones jonesp0854 at gmail.com
Tue May 7 11:44:05 EDT 2013


Thank you, Michel and a big well done right back to you.  I might not have
even gotten out at all for them this year if I hadn't seen your well-timed
post.  You are my eta Aquarid hero this year...;o).

Clear skies to all, Paul in St. Augustine


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Michel Vandeputte <
michelvandeputte at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Great result Paul! Also for the other people who witnessed or heared
> (radio) the ETA outburst.
> I presume that I may use the word 'outburst'...
> I was clouded out this morning (May 7), but I think we would be able to
> see more than usual ETA meteors this morning as the normal 1-2 shower
> members.
>
> My data from previous night:
>
> http://vmo.imo.net/imozhr/obsview/view.php?id=11896
>
>
> Long trains and good hunt to you all!
>
>
>  Michel Vandeputte
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 09:01:45 -0400
> From: jonesp0854 at gmail.com
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) eta Aquarids from north Florida - May 6/7, 2013
>
>
> Hi again all,
>     Wow!  The ETAs are indeed still doing their thing up there.  I had a
> busy and productive pre-dawn hour observing them this morning from my side
> yard here in St. Augustine.  I had pristene clear skies and a temperature a
> little above 50 F/10 C (very cool for Florida in early May). A very
> enjoyable watch. Here's my data:
>
> May 6/7, 2013 0830 - 0930 UT (0430 - 0530 EDT) Observer: Paul Jones,
> Location: 5 miles SW of St. Augustine, Florida, Teff 1.0, LM 6.5 Sky
> conditions: Clear, Facing south.
> 19 eta Aquarids Mags: -1 (1), 0 (1), +1 (1), +2 (4), +3 (6), +4 (4), +5
> (2)
> 1 Anthelion Mag: +2
> 11 sporadics Mags: +2 (1), +3 (4), +4 (3), +5 (3)
> 31 total meteors
>
> Most of the ETAs came in single events, but there were three "mini-bursts"
> during the hour - two identical +3 ETAs hit within a split second of each
> other early in the hour, later,  one ETA and three sporadics all hit within
> about one minute of one another and finally near the end of the hour, three
> ETAs all hit within about 30 seconds of each other.  I was hoping for 20
> total ETAs for the hour, but fell just short.  No complaints, though...;o).
>
> Although I didn't count them, the artifical satellites seemed very
> numerous this morning.  They almost rivaled the meteor count in number!
>  Seems as if near earth space is getting mighty crowded these days!
>
> A little over half of the ETAs left glittering trains that hung in the sky
> for a second or two after the meteor, I'm sure that is why radio returns
> for the ETAs have been good.   That and the long paths many of them have.
> All in all the ETAs have proven to be a pleasant surprise and a great
> shower to observe this year.  Especially in a rather off year for meteor
> showers in 2013.!  I may give it another go in the morning as well,
>
> Clear skies all,
>
> Paul in north Florida
>
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