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Re: (meteorobs) unknown meteor radiant in the South Hemisphere



At 07:14 AM 4/3/97 +1100, you wrote:

>George (Zay) and I already replied that we were not aware of any radiant
>active during this period around that position
>
>and George added
>
>>Did you plot these onto gnominic star charts?  From you
>>descriptions, I sense that meteors #3 and #4 aren't from a possible
>radiant
>>in Musca as you hinted. They seem too long and too fast to be associated
>>with a radiant nearby.
>
>any other comments about these observations ???

Hi Jean-Christophe,
I am guessing Bill made this observation on March 30. A quick search I did
revealed only one shower active. It is the Delta Pavonids which appear to be
active from about March 11 to April 16, peaking on April 07 from a radiant
near 305 -63. They are fast meteors moving at 59 km/s. I believe they are
also known as the Beta Pavonids. I don't know too much about this stream
other than the rates tend to be variable. If Bill is out in the early am
over the next week or so, it might pay to keep an eye out for these, and
plot any suspected members.

Mark Davis
MeteorObs@charlestondot net
Awendaw, South Carolina, USA
Coordinator, North American Meteor Network
Assistant Coordinator, ALPO Meteors Section
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