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(meteorobs) Re: Eta Aquarids Maxima
The Eta Aquarids have a broad maximum and usually show me their best rates
on May 5/6 just before dawn. But some years there is no distinct max. In
1995 for the final full hour on the mornings of May 5,6,7 I saw 9 Eta
Aquarids in skies 6.8,6.5,6.0. The maximum went on for several nights at
essentially the same level.
In 1998 with a bright moon I would think the next week immediately ahead
will show about the same number of Eta Aquarids each morning during the same
local hour. I wouldn't focus on any particular morning.
PIerre Martin wrote on 1999 Apr 23/24:
> The highlight of
>the night was the very last meteor. It was an earth grazing Eta Aquarid of
>magnitude +2 that shot 40 degrees in a split second! It left a 1 second
>train behind.
I would have expected that type of meteor to last for 2 full seconds. The
ones that go 60 degrees last for 3 seconds. Perhaps a differing sense of
elapsed time?
Norman
Norman W. McLeod III
Asst Visual Program Coordinator
American Meteor Society
Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod@peganet.com
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