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

[pzeller1966]

I just thought I'd add that the position I gave for where I thought the
radiant might be (if these weren't sporadics) was just a guess. I'm very
much a newbie at this. I hadn't tried to do scientific visual meteor
observing, using the IMO guidelines, until this year. This is also the
first year I've tried to do plots using the BRNO Atlas. I wanted to get out
and observe again tonight, but Indianapolis is cloud-covered, naturally!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "George Gliba" <gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Aug 28, 2014 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: Re: Meteors from Aries / Cetus?
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>, "William J Cooke" <william.j.cooke at nasa.gov>
Cc:


OK, I just played back my meteor observing tape from August 26th morning
and I DID see 4 of them for sure!  Usually I make comments of any suspected
radiants and report them if I see 5 or more in two hours.  As I saw 4 I
didn't,
but they are from the same reported Aries-Cetus region!  The actually data
is:

August 26th

04:22 UT    3rd magn.     white       fast          from Aries-Cetus region
05:40 UT    2nd magn.    white   2 sec. train   from Aries-Cetus region
06:02 UT    1st  magn,    yellow      swift          from Aries-Cetus region
06:18 UT    2nd magn,     white  2 sec. train   from Aries-Cetus region

LET"S GET OUT AND LOOK TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT!

Starry Skies,
GWG
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On 8/28/14 4:15 PM, George Gliba wrote:


Actually,  I did also notice a few meteors (3 or 4) from the Aries area two
nights earlier,
on August 26th, but reported them as sporadics.  I assumed they were
sporadics, but after
reading your report I am reconsidering.  Mostly because,  chance alignments
becomes
less likely when meteors from another site far away, which sees different
meteors, also
has the same apparent radiant.  Then the conditions become less likely for
random chance
alignments.   Fortunately, I haven't erased my tape yet.  I think it is
worth video and radar
observers checking into for sure.

Starry Skies,
GWG



On 8/28/14 3:59 PM, pzeller1966 wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
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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