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RE: (meteorobs) March Geminids Possible?
I've in my web geminids and the others during some years.
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De: Stop Light Pollution! <GLIBA@grossc.gsfc.nasadot gov>
Para: meteorobs@latrade.com <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Fecha: jueves 19 de marzo de 1998 17:19
Asunto: (meteorobs) March Geminids Possible?
>
> While looking in some old Sky and Telescope magazines for unusual meteor
>reports I found one on the March Geminids. It was in the March 1976 issue
on
>page 212. According to Janos Papp, then director of the Hungarian Meteor
and
>Fireball Observation Network, a brief but rather strong display of
bright
>meteors may occur between March 22nd and 24th, and the radiant is located
at:
>R.A. 6 hrs. 22 mins. DEC. +23 degrees. It goes on to say that "Avtivity
from
>this radiant was first detected in 1973, when zenithal hourly rates up to
40
>occured. Clouds prevailed in 1974, but on the night of March 22-23,
1975,
>another strong shower was seen by both the Hungarian amateurs and the
Greater
>Birmingham Meteor Group in England."
>
> If anyone observes on these nights they should watch again for them, as
>it may be a periodic shower that will occur again. As usual with any
possible
>new meteor shower, plotting is highly recommended. Please post any
positive
>observation here. Thanks.
>
>GWG