(meteorobs) Fwd: Re: Meteors from Aries / Cetus?

pzeller1966 pzeller1966 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 28 15:59:26 EDT 2014


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From: "pzeller1966" <pzeller1966 at gmail.com>
Date: Aug 28, 2014 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Meteors from Aries / Cetus?
To: "Robert Lunsford" <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>

Thank you for the reply! I'll report them as Sporadic. I'm still hoping to
catch one of those rare unexpected meteor outbursts some clear night when
no shower is expected.
On Aug 28, 2014 2:47 PM, "Robert Lunsford" <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net> wrote:

> Using the IMO's analysis of 1,063,057 video meteors recorded between
> January 1993 and December 2011, the closest matches to your location were
> two very weak radiants located at 41.7 +5.5 56.0 km/sec and 56.5 +25.5 71.0
> km/sec.
>
> Therefore your meteors do not belong to any known shower.
>
> Robert Lunsford
>
>
> ---- pzeller1966 <pzeller1966 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   I was out observing and plotting meteors under very clear conditions
> (for
> > my back yard) between 7:30 - 9:00 UT August 28. I just wanted to mention
> > that three of the meteors seen tonight seemed to share velocity (swift to
> > very swift) and possibly had a common radiant between Aries and the
> "Tail"
> > of Cetus, roughly 03h +15. One meteor was +1 mag. while two were +2 mag.
> > They may have been sporadic of course, but I thought I'd report this just
> > in case.
>
>
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