(meteorobs) Beta Aurigid Meteors - 3/9/16 - Mathias, WV

[george]

Fellow meteor observers and enthusiasts, 

I have been unable to observe much lately, but I enjoyed reading the Eta Aquarid 
reports here.  As for my last report of a possible mini-outburst of meteors from the
region of Beta Aurigiae on March 9, 2016, there have been other confirmations from
a couple of different sources.  In particular the video observations of meteor researcher 
Pete Gural from Sterling, Virginia the same night.  There was an article published 
recently in the CVAS Valley Skywatcher newsletter in NE Ohio.  If interested the article
is at:

http://cvas.cvas-north.com/documents/valley_sky_watcher/2016_53_2_Spring.pdf

Starry Skies,
George Gliba & Pete Gural



> On Mar 9, 2016, at 5:23 PM, george <gwgliba at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>          Screech Owl Hill Observatory,  Mountain Meadows  
>                 Mathias, West Virginia - March 9, 2016
> 
> Although the meteor rates were rather low, there was a possible 
> active radiant near Beta Auriga seen from 4:14 to 5:23 UT when 
> 6 meteors of medium [or slow] speed were seen coming form that area.
> Unfortunately conditions deteriorated after that when the sky got
> hazy and more cloudy. The best meteor seen came from that area. 
> It was a -2 magnitude meteor with yellow colored coma and a 1st 
> magnitude stellar nucleus.  Observers and researchers should check 
> for this activity before, during, and after this time period to see if it 
> was possibly more than a 69 minute outburst. Other than the one 
> bright one that drew my attention to this area, most of the other 5 
> BAUs seen were around 4th magnitude.
> 
>    Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.      FOV   
>   03/9/16  4:05-5:05    6.5       10%    11.6+69   
> BAU   ANT   SPO   Total
>    4        5        5         14
> 
>    Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.      FOV   
>   03/9/16  5:05-6:05    6.2       25%     Various  
> BAU   ANT   SPO   Total
>    2        4        2          8
> 
> Magn. Distributions March 9, 2016 - 04:05-6:05 UT - LM=6.35
>          -2   -1    0    1    2    3    4    5   Total   Ave. 
> BAU    1    0    0    0    0    1    4    0      6      2.8
> ANT    0    0    0    1    2    3    1    2      9      3.1
> SPO    0    0    0    1    0    3    2    1      7      3.3
> 
> Starry Skies,
> GWG
>