(meteorobs) Eta Aquariids in Japan (May 6)

[Mikiya Sato]

Dear all,

I am Mikiya Sato.
I could also watch enhanced Eta Aquarids, yesterday.
Many bright meteors of ETA were observed even in Japan.
Our results of visual observation were as follows.

May 6, 2013
Time (UT)  S.Long Teff  F    Lm    ETA  HR   ZHR(r=2.4) Obs.
1655-1725  46.15  0.50  1.0  5.90    5  10    94        T. Sato
1725-1755  46.17  0.50  1.0  5.90   10  20   120        M. Sato
1800-1830  46.20  0.50  1.0  5.90   15  30   129        T. Sato
1830-1850  46.21  0.33  1.0  5.70    7  21    90        M. Sato

*Location : 138d44.8'E 35d26.5'N 1200m  Yamanashi, Japan.

>From IMO web, it seems that two peaks of ETA were observed.
The first peak time was about 3h on May 6.
Probably, this was formed by -910 trail.
Similarly, the 2nd peak about 15h was caused by -1197 trail.
However, these two peaks might be continuous.

And, the outburst lasted about 2 days or more.
This may mean that distribution of dust had spread 
because two or more kind of dust trails approached.
I have to examine it in more detail in the future.

Thank you very much to all observers!

Best regards,

Mikiya Sato
mail at kaicho.net

PS
My photo (Meteor of ETA and Mt. Fuji) :
http://fas.kaicho.net/fu_sky/PIX/1367910552_NONALNUM-MjAxMy0wNS0wNy3jgb_jgZrjgYzjgoHOtw-E.jpg