(meteorobs) Fwd: Possible Northern Iota Aquarids outburst

[karl.antier at laposte.net]

Hi meteor observers (this message is also a test to see if meteorobs mailing list is active again!)! 

Please find below a message (originally posted on comets-ml mailing list) and the following discussion with an observer (Sam Deen, planetaryscience at yahoo.com ) who reported having observed an "important" number of meteors originationg from Aquarius region between 03h and 05h UT in September 3/4 night. 
I do not know if this can be really considered as an outburst, but just in case... 

Clear skies!
Karl


Original message: 
"Dear all, 

Last night I was observing a star in Sagittarius and observed several meteors seeming to originate from a common area. I investigated and it appears to be a possible outburst of an otherwise uneventful shower. 
Considering over a 2 hour time period (20:00 to 22:00 ) I was able to spot 7 (not even on the lookout for any for that matter!) I would expect it to be a fairly active shower on the order of 30 to 50 meteors per hour, possibly more. 

~Sam" 


Then followed by: 
"Dear Karl, 

I am not sure down to the second of the times of my observation, but the first was around 20:13 (local), the second was approximately 20:46, third near 21:25, fourth, etc. near 21:37, 21:43, and 21:52 (I had started paying more attention to the general area after the third, as you can see) 
A fellow observer reported one around 21:44, but I didn't to see it myself, so I cannot confirm if one was seen there. Furthermore, the first, third, fifth, and sixth were able to be confirmed by at least 1 other observer, so I am sure of these. 
I know basic ideas of their paths as well (at least of the first three) the first appeared coming from mostly below and slightly to the left of Aquarius, going downward for around 5 degrees at magnitude ~2 
The second came from much the same area, albeit slightly to the right of the first from my point of view. It was also roughly 5 degrees with magnitude ~2.5. 
The last one I can recall was the third which came around ~20 or 30 degrees from the left (roughly as far from the core of the Milky Way as Aquarius is from it, in the exact opposite direction) it covered over an area of roughly 10 degrees with an apparent magnitude of 0. 
All of the above observations were made looking south, so "below" would roughly be a lower declination, to the left would be a higher RA, and to the right would be a lower RA 
I doubt these descriptions are accurate enough for IMO reports, but hopefully they serve a basic aid in whatever report you compile. 

I hope this helped! 
~Sam" 


And the last message (dealing with observing position and time): 
" The observing location was Twentynine Palms, California (UTC-7 at the moment) and the night was September 3rd to 4th. 

~Sam"