(meteorobs) Obs 02/03 November 2013

[Bob Culbertson]

Guys:

Following the CMOR meteor radar this year observing the summer daytime Beta
Taurids I noticed a late start on June 22 2013 when the meteor calander
showed the activity began June 2. with normal activity ending July 17, the
end of activity was shown by the meteor radar on July 2. Thats a total of
35 days of no activity for the daytime Beta Taurids. Since the Southern &
Northern Taurids and the Helion & Antihelion radiant meteors all come from
the same comet 2P/Encke I would like to propose that Jupiter's giant
gravity captured or distorted the normal flow of all meteors from the
Taurid complex. It is well known in meteor science that Jupiter & Saturn
can distort or capture meteors, asteroids or comets like Comet
Shoemaker/Levy in 1994. Jupiter was located in the Taurus complex since the
summer of 2012 for a whole year  causing destruction and distortion of any
meteors.

Unfortunately this e-mail does not permit me to back up my observations
with jpeg files.

Importance to me as a ham radio operator is that meteor induced Sporadic E
in the summer daytime at mid-latitudes is due primarily from the Beta
Taurids on 6 meters along with help from the UV ray catalyst that peaks
here during the Summer Solstice. With a 35 day loss of meteors its my
opionion that this was the worst loss of for the Summer Es season since I
began observation.

With Jupiter in Gemini now, 2014 should be a better Sporadic E season good
till Jupiter comes around again in the Taurid complex 2024.

When we loose meteors its a good idea to find out what we can. For instance
April 2007 a CME from the Sun cut the tail off 2P/Encke that resulted in
the present Northern and Southernn Taurid split into 2 distinct times
resulting in a 30 day longer meteor activity period. Did anybody notice
this besides me?

WA3YGQ Bob




On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Michel Vandeputte <
michelvandeputte at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Paul
>
>
> As usual, nice reading your meteor reports. Also from Belgium till now a
> marginal year for the Taurids.
> Crossing fingers for 2015; will be an 'Asher year' for the Taurids:
> fireballs!
>
> Clear skies!
>
>  Michel Vandeputte
>
>
>
>
> > From: pmartsching at mchsi.com
> > Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 08:54:52 -0600
> > To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Obs 02/03 November 2013
> >
> > I went out for four hours last night. The NTA & STA's were
> disappointing. I saw several AND's. The brightest was mag. -2, deep orange
> and going toward the center of the STA radiant. I saw two EGE's and only
> one ORI.
> >
> > 02/03 Nov 2013 09:30 pm - 04:30 am CDST (= 03 Nov 2013 02:30-06:30 UT) 4
> hours
> > McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story Co, Iowa, USA
> >
> > Looked for shower meteors:
> > AND
> > EGE
> > ORI
> > NTA
> > STA
> >
> > 03 Nov 2013 02:30-03:30 UT 34 deg F; dew pt 31 deg F; wind calm; clear;
> aver LM 5.8; facing ENE 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
> > AND: two: - 2; 0
> > NTA: one: +2
> > STA: one: +3
> > Sporadics: three: +2; +3(2)
> > Total meteors: seven
> >
> > 03 Nov 2013 03:30-04:30 UT 32 deg F; dew pt 29 deg F; wind calm; clear;
> aver LM 5.7; facing ENE 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
> > ORI: one: +2
> > NTA: one: +2
> > Sporadics: two: +3(2)
> > Total meteors: four
> >
> > 03 Nov 2013 04:30-05:30 UT 33 deg F; dew pt 30 deg F; wind calm; clear;
> aver LM 5.7; facing ENE 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
> > AND: one: +3
> > EGE: one: +2
> > NTA: two: - 2; 0
> > Sporadics: five: 0; +1; +2; +3; +4
> > Total meteors: nine
> >
> > 03 Nov 2013 05:30-06:30 UT 32 deg F; dew pt 29 deg F; wind SE 3 mph;
> mostly clear; some thin haze drifting thru north half of FOV during first
> 20 minutes; aver LM 5.5; teff 1.0 hour.
> > EGE: one: 0
> > NTA: one: +1
> > Sporadics: four: +1; +2(2); +4
> > Total meteors: six
> >
> > Paul Martsching
> >
> >
> >
> >
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