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Re: (meteorobs) Perseids 12/13 1999 & question
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Jim Hale wrote:
> Question;
>
> Is there a shower with 8 - 10 per hour that is mostly bright meteors?
>
> I remember a summer meteor shower years ago that was like this.
This could be the alpha-Aurigids of late-August-early September.
It has a high proportion of bright meteors, and the normal peak ZHR
is about right. However, if observed during the evening, the radiant is
low for mid-northern sites, so the observed rate is somewhat less. It
does have occasional outbursts, so it pays to keep watching the skies.
The last example, I think was in 1986, when the ZHR was around 30
and the mean magnitude around +0.5.
Malcolm
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