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Re: (meteorobs) Lyrids well seen
Hello Pierre,
It is very well possible that 1996 produced better Lyrid rates for you:
the actual peak was then located in your nighttime-interval. The main
peak of the stream lasts quite short, and in this case you were some half
day removed from it, unlike in 1996.
-Marco
Op Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Pierre Martin schreef:
> Hi!
>
> Just a short post to say I have been quite sucessfull for my Lyrids
> observations. Had clear skies all week and able to observe under fairly
> dark skies. I was up the whole night oberving on the 20/21, 21/22 and
> got some hours again late last night (23/24).
>
> Some deep sky observers watching near Ottawa on the 22/23 noticed quite a
> bit of meteors including Lyrids. They saw the meteors by chance as they
> were more busy doing CCD and telescope observing instead. I forced myself
> to stay home that night as I was just too exausted from my previous
> nights to go out.
>
> Hard to say yet what results I got from my nights out. I need to decode
> my tape this weekend and will post my results Monday. I general, Lyrids
> were good but I did not see any obvious peak from here. Activity has been
> mainly on and off most of the time. Lots of faint meteors, a few brighter
> ones. I feel the 1996 Lyrids produced better rates (or at least for a
> longer duration). I believe to have seen some Eta Aquarids shooting fast
> from the east in the early morning. I plotted all suspects.
>
> The weekend calls for variable clouds and a return to sunshine on monday.
> I'll keep you posted.
>
>
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario in the Great White North
> Meteor observing and Graphic design
>
>
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