(meteorobs) Lyrids Apr. 22/23 - South Carolina

[Paul Roggemans]

I checked my 3 camera's of the Benelux CAMS network for 22-23 April.
Normally meteor activity is about the lowest of the year in April, but this
night had about twice the usual number of meteors captured, many were
likely Lyrids but I'll have to wait to see the double station results with
orbits and precise radiant determination. Lyrids are not comparable in
activity level to any other non periodic annual meteor shower, activity is
normally rather low. The hourly rates are rather modest but compared to the
very low sporadic background the Lyrids are well noticed.

Meanwhile our cameras capture for 23-24 April,

Paul


On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Javor Kac <javor.kac at orion-drustvo.si>
wrote:

> Pierre, Mark and All,
> my experience from April 22/23 (23h-02h UT) is just the opposite: I was
> thrilled about the level of activity.
> Possibly the best Lyrid rates I have experienced. I have yet to listen
> to the tape and create a summary report so I do not have any hard data
> at hand.
>
> Clear skies!
> Javor
>
>
> 23.04.2015 23:20, je Pierre Martin napisal
> > It looks like the Lyrids were poor this year. Here in eastern
> > Ontario, no observations due to unfavourable weather around the
> > maximum.
> >
> > Clear skies,
> >
> > Pierre
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 23, 2015, at 5:15 PM, meteors at comcast.net wrote:
> >>
> >> I had clear skies for a couple hours of observing around midnight,
> >> but
> >> recorded very little activity from the Lyrids (6 in Teff=2.00).
> >> Making
> >> it worse was the fact that only 2 sporadics were seen.
> >>
> >> One of the least active observing sessions I have ever had!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
> >> meteors at comcast.net
> >> namn at namnmeteors.org
>
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