(meteorobs) Meteors from close comet approaches in late March?

[Paul Zeller]

Thank you very much, Karl! I'll be on the lookout for anything from these
radiants and now I'll also be looking for 252/P!
On Mar 14, 2016 10:01 AM, <karl.antier at laposte.net> wrote:

> Sorry... forgot the messages about 252P/LINEAR unexpected brightness curve.
> Here are the messages from Michael Mattiazo and Thomas Lehmman passed on
> comets-ml mailing list.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
> "Hi Folks,
>
> I have been closely following the remarkable development of comet 252P
> LINEAR.
> My observations in ICQ format are below, using 25x100mm and 8x40mm
> binoculars.
> If this rate continues, it has the potential for naked eye visibility in
> the
> next few days, but moonlight will be a problem.
> What surprises me is why this comet went unobserved at its similar close
> approach (0.0974 AU) on March 4th, 2000.
> I checked the historical SWAN data for this time, with nothing obvious
> detectable.
> Today - It is easily visible in SWAN comet tracker maps available at:
> http://swan.projet.latmos.ipsl.fr/
> heading towards bottom of frame.
> So something is quite different about this apparition.
> 252 2016 03 14.44 S 6.5 TT 4.0B 8 35 2
> 252 2016 03 13.50 S 7.4 TT 10.0B 25 28 2
> 252 2016 03 13.50 S 7.0 TT 4.0B 8 30 2
> 252 2016 03 11.46 S 8.2 TT 10.0B 25 22 1
> 252 2016 03 11.46 S 8.0 TT 4.0B 8 25 1
> 252 2016 03 10.46 S 8.6 TT 10.0B 25 >20 1
> 252 2016 03 10.46 S 8.4 TT 4.0B 8 25 1
> 252 2016 03 08.45 S 9.5:TT 10.0B 25 15 1
> 252 2016 03 07.46 S 9.8:TT 10.0B 25 10 1
>
> cheers,
> Michael Mattiazzo"
>
>
>
> "Hi,
>
> the comet continues on a dramatic brightening and increadible coma
> size growth. I observed last night again remotely from SSO, Australia
> (FSQ 10.6cm, CCD + Green filter, 9x 1min):
>
> March 13.50, m1=5.8, coma dia. 50'
>
> That's another 1.5mag brightening during last 5 days! So I wonder
> if the comet might become observable naked eye during next week.
> Apologies for reporting my observation on this list but I am getting
> excited about this comet ...
> Don't miss it!
>
> Clear skies,
> Thomas Lehmann"
>
>
>
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Paul Zeller" <pzeller1966 at gmail.com>
> À: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Envoyé: Lundi 14 Mars 2016 02:00:24
> Objet: (meteorobs) Meteors from close comet approaches in late March?
>
>
>
> Hello all. I was just reading an interesting article from EarthSky.org
> about two faint comets that will be passing fairly close to Earth late this
> month; Comet 252P/LINEAR 12 on March 21 and Comet P/2016 BA14 (which could
> be a fragment from 252/P) on March 22.
> The article briefly mentioned a slight possibility of meteors from these
> comets. It says that there could be some on March 20 from the second comet
> and some around March 28-30 from 252/P. I'm not sure of the accuracy of
> these dates.
> I was curious if anyone on the list knew whereabouts the radiant for these
> showers would be, should they develop? Thanks in advance!
> Paul Z.
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