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Re: (meteorobs) Taurids
-----Original Message-----
I went to the IMO website to see where the radiant for the N & S
Taurids were , but they do not have them listed on the 1998 meteor
calender under the highlights of the month. Are they known by another
name? Is there a special place for the minor showers?
Hi Kim,
The Taurids were not "featured" in the monthly portion of the IMO calendar,
but were listed in the working list. Below is an extract of that.....
Mark Davis, MeteorObs@charlestondot net
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
Visual Program Coordinator
North American Meteor Network & American Meteor Society
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Activity Maximum Radiant
Shower Period Date lambda alpha delta
[deg] [deg] [deg]
Southern Taurids Oct 01-Nov 25 Nov 05 223 052 +13
Northern Taurids Oct 01-Nov 25 Nov 12 230 058 +22
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IMO
Shower v r ZHR Code
[km/s]
Southern Taurids 27 2.3 5 STA
Northern Taurids 29 2.3 5 NTA
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Table 3: Radiant positions during the year in alpha and delta.
Sep 25 NTA STA
Sep 30 021 +11 023 +5
Oct 5 025 +12 027 +7
Oct 10 029 +14 031 +8
Oct 15 034 +16 035 +9
Oct 20 038 +17 039 +11
Oct 25 043 +18 043 +12
Oct 30 047 +20 047 +13
Nov 5 053 +21 052 +14
Nov 10 058 +22 056 +15
Nov 15 062 +23 060 +16
Nov 20 067 +24 064 +16
Nov 25 072 +24 069 +17
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