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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Information request.
Hi Eddie,
You might also want to check a the following WEBsite (one of my favorite NET
destination):
http://home.wxsdot nl/~dms-web/
It is home to Dutch Meteor Society and there you will find a wealth of
extremely interseting stuff... very elegantly laid out... Everything from meteor
shower info to meteor video analysis. (there are downloadable video clips of
fireballs) I was just re-watching the 4 DMS-obtained fireball video clips from
last years LEONIDs.. very cool!
Lastly, there are a few regular meteor observers in San Diego (me for one, Im
in LaJolla)... Also here in SD, the Interational Meteor Organization's North
American Liason... a Mr Robert (Bob) Lunsford. We are all on the meteorsobs
list.
Re: good viewing sites. I watched last years LEONIDS from LaJolla inder
unuaslly clear skies and saw lots of meteors but it's best to head to the
mountains for best viewing. Mt Laguna is my favorite spot.
Regards,
Joseph Assmus
La Jolla, CA
Hi, Eddie, and thanks for the note!
You'll get many other responses, I'm sure - and maybe some in your local area.
But to get you started, try taking a look at the Web site:
http://medicine.wustldot edu/~kronkg
and in particular the North American Meteor Network pages:
http://medicine.wustldot edu/~kronkg/namn.html
In case you don't have Web access, following is a list of 1998's "officially
recognized" meteor showers, along with their peak and active dates. (Every
shower slowly ramps up for days or weeks, before reaching maximum intensity on
one or more nights, then slowly ramping down again.)
If you DO have Web access, you'll find out much more about this list of showers
from the Web site of the International Meteor Organization:
http://www.imodot net
and in particular their 1998 Meteor Calendar:
http://www.imodot net/calendar/cal98.html
Clear skies!
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@latrade.com>
Shower Activity Maximum Radiant
Period Date lambda alpha delta
o o o
Quadrantids Jan 01-Jan 05 Jan 03 283.16 230 +49
delta-Cancrids Jan 01-Jan 24 Jan 17 297 130 +20
alpha-Centaurids Jan 28-Feb 21 Feb 07 318.7 210 -59
delta-Leonids Feb 15-Mar 10 Feb 24 336 168 +16
gamma-Normids Feb 25-Mar 22 Mar 13 353 249 -51
Virginids Jan 25-Apr 15 (Mar 24)(004) 195 -04
Lyrids Apr 16-Apr 25 Apr 22 032.1 271 +34
pi-Puppids Apr 15-Apr 28 Apr 23 033.5 110 -45
eta-Aquarids Apr 19-May 28 May 05 045.5 338 -01
Sagittarids Apr 15-Jul 15 (May 20)(059) 247 -22
Pegasids Jul 07-Jul 13 Jul 10 108 340 +15
July Phoenicids Jul 10-Jul 16 Jul 13 111 032 -48
Pisces Austrinids Jul 15-Aug 10 Jul 28 125 341 -30
Southern delta-Aquarids Jul 12-Aug 19 Jul 28 125 339 -16
alpha-Capricornids Jul 03-Aug 15 Jul 30 127 307 -10
Southern iota-Aquarids Jul 25-Aug 15 Aug 04 132 334 -15
Northern delta-Aquarids Jul 15-Aug 25 Aug 08 136 335 -05
Perseids Jul 17-Aug 24 Aug 12 140.0 046 +58
kappa-Cygnids Aug 03-Aug 25 Aug 18 145 286 +59
Northern iota-Aquarids Aug 11-Aug 31 Aug 20 147 327 -06
alpha-Aurigids Aug 25-Sep 05 Sep 01 158.6 084 +42
delta-Aurigids Sep 05-Oct 10 Sep 08 166 060 +47
Piscids Sep 01-Sep 30 Sep 20 177 005 -01
Draconids Oct 06-Oct 10 Oct 08 195.4 262 +54
epsilon-Geminids Oct 14-Oct 27 Oct 18 205 102 +27
Orionids Oct 02-Nov 07 Oct 21 208 095 +16
Southern Taurids Oct 01-Nov 25 Nov 05 223 052 +13
Northern Taurids Oct 01-Nov 25 Nov 12 230 058 +22
Leonids Nov 14-Nov 21 Nov 17 235.25 153 +22
alpha-Monocerotids Nov 15-Nov 25 Nov 21 239.32 117 +01
chi-Orionids Nov 26-Dec 15 Dec 02 250 082 +23
Phoenicids Nov 28-Dec 09 Dec 06 254.25 018 -53
Puppid-Velids Dec 01-Dec 15 (Dec 07)(255) 123 -45
Monocerotids (Dec) Nov 27-Dec 17 Dec 09 257 100 +08
sigma-Hydrids Dec 03-Dec 15 Dec 12 260 127 +02
Geminids Dec 07-Dec 17 Dec 14 262.0 112 +33
Coma Berenicids Dec 12-Jan 23 Dec 20 268 175 +25
Ursids Dec 17-Dec 26 Dec 22 270.7 217 +76
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