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(meteorobs) Alpha Aurigid activity
I read someone's post about radio meteor activity during the alpha Aurigid
peak was also very low...somewhat coinciding with my observations for Aug
31/Sep1. I'm sorry, but I unintentionally deleted that message and don't have
it in front of me to refer to...but I did want to say something about the
Alpha Aurigids. Ever since Lunsford and I witnessed the 1994 alpha Aurigid
outburst where it's significant activity lasted for only 55 minutes, I have
a notion that this may be an annual thing. The reasons why it hasn't been
realized in the past is perhaps due to such a short period of activity as
well as relatively low meteor rates, few observers, weather, moon, and being
at the right place at the right time combined to make it appear as something
that happens every so many years. I would be interested in hearing about some
good observations from observers that had the showers peak Universal
Time(23h00UT) to occur at their 2, 3 or 4 am local time.
George Zay