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(meteorobs) Draconids 1998 from Texas
Good morning all,
Fall weather finally broke through to central Texas on Tuesday - perfect
timing for attempts to observe any possible Giacobinids. Skies clear of
dust and moisture meant Lm's at 5.8 until an hour after the moon rose, for
the direction I was facing.
Observe: Michael Doyle
Date: Oct. 8/9, 1998 (UT)
Location: NW of Bertram, Texas, 98.09 degs.W, 30.78 degs. N
UT Teff Lm GIA SPO Field
0011-0111 .92 5.8 0 2 NNW,alt.65 degs. (so radiant included)
0111-0141 .47 5.8 1 3 N,alt.55 degs.
0141-0211 .47 5.7 1 3 NNW,alt.80 degs.
0211-0241 .50 5.2 2 3 NNW,alt.65 degs.
-1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4
GIA 0 0 2 1 1 0
SPO 1 0 2 4 3 1
Well, not too spectacular, but at least more successful than the Pi
Puppids back in April, of which I saw none (though the summers are hot
here in Texas, at least I have a deep southern horizon). This shower is
produced by comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup and since it passed perihelion on
Aug. 30, 1997 there was some hope, as for the Giacobinids, that there
would be some meteor activity. At least I can observe P/Giacobini-Zinner
at this apparition, which was not the case for Grigg-Skjellerup.
Michael Doyle
Round Rock, Texas, U.S.A.