(meteorobs) Camelopardalids

Robert Lunsford lunro.imo.usa at cox.net
Tue Feb 10 18:34:23 EST 2015


Paul and All,

I would not count on seeing any Camelopardlids until 2019, when we again pass close to one of the dust trails from  209P/LINEAR. Even then the circumstances are not as favorable as last year so these meteors will be scarce no matter the year.

Robert Lunsford

---- Paul Zeller <pzeller1966 at gmail.com> wrote: 
>   I just thought I'd throw this question out to the group. Last May, along
> with probably everyone else, I hoped for a great meteor show from the
> Camelopardalids and, as we all know, it was disappointing. My questions are
> (1) is this an annual shower, or was it just a one-time possibility in
> 2014? And (2) since I read after the event last year that this shower may
> have produced meteors too faint for naked-eye observing, would it be
> worthwhile this coming May to see if any binocular meteors could be seen
> from it? Thanks in advance!



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