(meteorobs) Draconids outburst predicted to happen soon

Chris Steyaert csteyaert at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 18:34:44 EDT 2014


Adding one more hour at the same frequency: 
nothing exceptional. Maybe a little increase of 
'larger' meteors around 22h00 UT, needing confirmation.


         Chris



At 23:10 06/10/2014, Felix Verbelen wrote:
>At 21:10 UT still no increased activity on 49.99 MHz here in Belgium.
>
>Kind regards.
>
>Felix Verbelen
>
>
>
>Pierre Martin schreef op 2014-10-06 22:26:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Good luck to the European observers!  It 
> would be interesting to know if this activity 
> materializes, despite the moonlight.
> >
> > I am hoping to be out as soon as it is dark 
> here, perhaps to glimpse a tail end of the 
> outburst (if it occurs) but the weather is 
> looking poor with little hope of seeing anything.
> >
> > I am curious also if Esko Lyytinen, Peter 
> Jenniskens, Jeremie Vaubaillon and Mikiya Sato 
> have made any predictions on this possible event?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pierre
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Oct 2, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Mikhail Maslov <skjeller at yandex.ru> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> This is a reminder about possible Draconid activity on 6 October from
> >> 20 to 22 UT, as the Earth encounters with 1900 trail. Expected ZHR is
> >> not very great - 10-20, but who knows :) The radiant position is
> >> RA=261.5°, Dec=+47.6°, please note it is considerably to the south
> >> from "traditional" radiant position given by the IMO (RA=262°,
> >> Dec=+54°).
> >>
> >> The entire prediction is here:
> >> http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Predictions/21p-ids2014eng.html
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Mikhail Maslov



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