(meteorobs) Heads up for possible Phoenicid outbreak in a few minutes!

[Alex Daskalakis]

Good morning all

Nada in Greece.. clouded out completely..
Best regards,

Alex SV1NZX

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Michel Vandeputte <
michelvandeputte at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Same skies above Belgium...
>
> Kind regards,
>
>  Michel Vandeputte
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:38:38 +0100
> > From: karl.antier at laposte.net
> > To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Heads up for possible Phoenicid outbreak in a
> few minutes!
>
> >
> > Hi Phoenicids observers!
> >
> > I headed up during the first half of last night, and could only observe
> clouds from below for a few hours...
> > Bad luck here in South-Eastern France!
> >
> > I hope you got better skies!
> > Karl
> >
> >
> > ----- Mail original -----
> > De: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
> > À: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Envoyé: Mardi 2 Décembre 2014 00:28:05
> > Objet: (meteorobs) Heads up for possible Phoenicid outbreak in a few
> minutes!
> >
> > Dec 01 2014 : 2326 UT
> >
> > Heads up if you are in a favorable location!
> >
> > The *December Phoenicids (PHO)* are a periodic shower that rarely
> > produces noticeable activity. The only impressive display produced so
> > far by this shower occurred in 1956 when ZHR's were near 100. There is
> > the possibility that in 2014, that the Earth may encounter strong
> > activity from the Phoenicids. A prediction by Mikiya Sato and Junichi
> > Watanabe indicates the the Earth will pass through several dust trails
> > of asteroid 2003 WY25 (formally comet D/1819 W1 Blanpain) between the
> > hours of *23:30 December 1 and 01:30 December 2 Universal Time*. This 2
> > hour bracket of time favors much of the populated regions of the world
> > except those bordering the Pacific Ocean and eastern Asia. The most
> > favorable locations are South America and Africa where the radiant lies
> > high in the sky at the time of the expected maximum activity. Normally
> > the Phoenicid radiant lies far to the south in the constellation of
> > Phoenix. The radiant position for this outburst is actually located
> > further north at 00:32 (020) -27. This position lies in northern
> > Sculptor, 10 degrees southwest of the 2nd magnitude star known as Diphda
> > (Beta Ceti). At only 10 km/sec. the Phoenicids produce extremely slow
> > meteors.
> >
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