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

[hvezdarna.kromeriz at post.cz]

Hi all,
quick report from BRAMON - we have now 5 orbits of Phoenicids, mean orbit, 
radiant position and velocity i will send ASAP:-)




Best regards

Jakub Koukal



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Od: Alex Daskalakis <sw1nzx at gmail.com>
Komu: Meteor science and meteor observing <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Datum: 2. 12. 2014 8:38:11
Předmět: Re: (meteorobs) Heads up for possible Phoenicid outbreak in a few 
minutes!

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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(mailto:michelvandeputte at hotmail.com)> wrote:
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Same skies above Belgium... 

Kind regards,





Michel Vandeputte

 




> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:38:38 +0100
> From: karl.antier at laposte.net(mailto:karl.antier at laposte.net)
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org(mailto: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
(mailto:ashcraft at heliotown.com)>
> À: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org
(mailto: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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