(meteorobs) Ursids from Russia

[Russell Milton]

Thanks, Pavel for the interesting Ursid shower report. 

Best Regards from Oregon, USA,
Russell
On Dec 24, 2014, at 5:56 AM, Pavel Zhavoronkov <pavel-syr at yandex.ru> wrote:

> Hi, all! Initially, here in Kaukasus mountains (Russia) near mt. Elbrus weather forecast is not cooperative for me, but at 18:00 UT 22 DEC the sky began to clear and for my observing session from 18:30 22 DEC (UT) to 01:30 23 DEC (UT) the sky condition was very good. My observing site is slightly light polluted from north and therefore my SQM = 20.9 for this part of the sky.
> Limiting magnitude was near 6.0 mag. Site latitude is 43 degree, 1600 meters above sea level.
> 
> By my observing results, Ursids had a little increasing of level of its activity in that year. Here is my report:
> 
> 18:40 - 19:20 (UT) |  No Ursids were seen.
> 
> 19:30 - 20:00 (UT) |   3 Ursids: red meteor (1 mag.), dim meteor (4.5 mag) almost immediately after first meteor, very short 3 mag.               				         Ursid exactly from radiant point.
> 
> 20:10 - 20:50 (UT) |  No Ursids were seen.
> 
> 21:40 - 22:30 (UT) |   4 Ursids: relatively faint meteors from 3.0 mag to 5.5 mag.
> 
> 00:10 - 01:10 (UT) |  10 Ursids: two of them had -2 mag. and prominent long dusty trail, others was enough dim - from 4.0 mag. to 			                           6.0 mag.
> 
> Teff = 3.6 hours
> Total amount of Ursids meteors: 17
> 
> Usually, meteors appeared by groups of 2-3, after that followed time of no activity.
> 
> On my opinion, for those who want to observe the most faint meteors, Ursids is best meteor shower for it - because, generally, by my experience, it consists from a lot of that faint meteors. 
> 
> For me, it was enough spectacular Ursids meteor sky show! It was beautyful observing night!
> 
> Clear skies for all!
> 
> Pavel Zhavoronkov, from Russia.
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