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(meteorobs) Re: Ursids, Full Moons and LMs
Lew and All,
1993 was definitely the year. Perhaps Alastair McBeath missed it by a
year. 1994's best rates were 26 Ursids in a 3 hour period by a Japanese
observer. I had that many in one hour in 93!
Bob
Lew Gramer wrote:
>
> This is extraordinary, Bob - I had never heard of this high result of yours for
> the 1993 Ursids! Looking over the IMO write-up for this shower (in last year's
> "1998 IMO Meteor Shower Calendar" at "http://www.imodot net/calendar/cal98.html"),
> I'd read about enhanced activity in 1988 and 1994 - but not 1993! If so, this
> is a surprising and very worthwhile shower to observe.
>
> BTW, I agree about Full Moons and deeper LMs: however, as Bob has mentioned,
> this is VERY dependent on clear skies, as well as on the direction you face.
> This was demonstrated for me by a meteor session I did during a total lunar
> eclipse in 1996: skies were cirrusy that night (the norm for New England), and
> my LMs prior to second contact skulked solidly below 4.2. However during the
> totality, LM dipped as low as 6.45 during some 10-minute periods...
>
> Without any moonlight, I would have called this an EXTRAORDINARY night for
> sky-darkness, and might never have noted the presence of all that cirrus!
>
> Lew
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