(meteorobs) Ursids 2014

jarnac observe at jarnac.org
Wed Dec 24 12:59:11 EST 2014


Dear friends,

  happy Merry Christmas to everyone, and best wishes for 2015.  This 
coming year will be the fiftieth for my visual comet search.


Last night, in less than an hour of observing I saw 2 faint possible 
Ursids, and one brighjt but very late Geminid.


Best wishes


David H. Levy

At 10:00 AM 12/24/2014, you wrote:
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>    1. Re: Ursid outburst in progress - from Peter Brown (Chris Steyaert)
>    2. Ursids from Russia (Pavel Zhavoronkov)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:15:20 +0100
>From: Chris Steyaert <csteyaert at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Ursid outburst in progress - from Peter Brown
>To: Meteor science and meteor observing <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>Cc: Radio Meteors <radiometeoren at ls.vvs.be>
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>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://ww 
> w5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~hro/Flash/2014/URS/index.htm
> >
> >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
>
>
> >
> >----------
> >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
> >
> >Last good Ursid return, for me, is already 14
> >years back; the small outburst on December 22 in 2000...
> >This night was clouded out...
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >Michel Vandeputte
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >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 d?c. 2014 03:44, "Bill Cooke"
> ><<mailto:cookewj at comcast.net>cookewj at comcast.net> a ?crit :
> > >>
> > >> 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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>Message: 2
>Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:56:05 +0300
>From: Pavel Zhavoronkov <pavel-syr at yandex.ru>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Ursids from Russia
>To: Meteor science and meteor observing <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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>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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