(meteorobs) Re: DAU radiant (was: Sept 10 Observations)

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Re: DAU radiant (was: Sept 10 Observations)
• From: Mark Davis <MeteorObs@Charlestondot net>
• Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:27:18 -0400
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latradedot com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

Kevin,

The DAU radiant for tonight is at approximately 61 +47 which is in Perseus
about one hour in RA from Capella. I think what might be confusing you is
that this shower is not yet well understood, and it is believed there are
actually two separate showers involved: the "September Perseids" and the
"October" delta Aurigids. This might explain the apparent "mis-location" of
the DAU radiant. For now, I suggest considering this as one shower and plot
all meteors from this area to help define what's really taking place.

Hope this helps!

Mark Davis
MeteorObs@charlestondot net


At 01:25 PM 9/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 96-09-10 11:53:12 EDT, you write:
>
><<  The most active shower of the session was the Delta Aurigids
> with 9 shower members being seen tonight. >>
>Robert,
>I have a potentially dumb question (or maybe I misunderstood a previous
>message).
>I thought I read that you stated that the radiant position of DAU was actuall
>nearer delta Persei?  When I looked on my map Delta Persei is no where near
>delta Aurigae, and Capella (alpha Aur) is inbetween. Could you state that one
>more time for me?
>
>Kevin
>

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