(meteorobs) Ursid outburst in progress - from Peter Brown

[Chris Steyaert]

At 09:03 23/12/2014, Michel Vandeputte wrote:
>Traces of a small outburst indeed?
><http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~hro/Flash/2014/URS/index.htm>http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~hro/Flash/2014/URS/index.htm
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>On RMOB radio data I see not big signs; bit I am 
>not a specialist of these techniques...

I think they do, but the Geminids overshadow them :-)

See the block  Dec 23, 0-1h UT eg  Ward, 
Steyaert, De_Wilde, Dubois, Lensch, Verbelen, 
Sugimoto, Essen, Teplickzy, Brower 
etc.  Basically everyone with a suitable transmitter-receiver geometry.



         Thanks,

         Chris


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>From: michelvandeputte at hotmail.com
>To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:58:29 +0100
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Ursid outburst in progress - from Peter Brown
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>Last good Ursid return, for me, is already 14 
>years back; the small outburst on December 22 in 2000...
>This night was clouded out...
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>Kind regards
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>Michel Vandeputte
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>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 04:21:02 +0100
>From: <mailto:jens.lacorne at gmail.com>jens.lacorne at gmail.com
>To: <mailto:meteorobs at meteorobs.org>meteorobs at meteorobs.org
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Ursid outburst in progress - from Peter Brown
>
>Hello Peter,  Bill,  and all !
>I just return from an observation here in 
>south-eastern France, started at 21h30 UT and 
>ended at 01h15  UT. I saw a good activity from 
>the ursids : a dozen per hour under a sky with 
>LM 5-5,5 and a low  radiant. I think we can have 
>a ZHR nearly 50 in this conditions .
>Reports come later.
>I hope that other observers can confirm this outburst.
>Clear skies !
>Jens Lacorne
>Le 23 déc. 2014 03:44, "Bill Cooke" 
><<mailto:cookewj at comcast.net>cookewj at comcast.net> a écrit :
> >>
> >> FYI, looks like there is a fairly strong 
> Ursid outburst in progress – started in the 
> last hour or so. Not sure of the ZHR/rates but 
> looks to be quite strong – many tens per hour at least.
> >> P
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Dr. Peter Brown
> >> Director – Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration
> >> Canada Research Chair in Meteor Astronomy
> >> Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
> >> University of Western Ontario
> >> London, Ontario
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill
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