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(meteorobs) Re: A Perfect Evening.
Robert & All,
I did go to the local mountains this morning. There was actually no wind
down this way before sunrise.
Yes I feel that we could have seen the Gegenshein from Joshua Tree had
not there been cirrus clouds.
Down here it usually takes a deep marine layer blocking the lights from
San Diego for me to see the Gegenshein and zodical band but last night
was an exception. Too bad the activity was so few and far between :(
Bob
Robert Gardner wrote:
>
> Robert; I thought you had gone to local mountains in the vicinity of San Diego
> last night. I went to the local mountains here but gave up after a short time
> because of the bad seeing. I have not been to a site that I could have seen the
> Gegenshein since I don't know when. When we observed the Geminids at Joshua Tree
> in December the Gegenshein should have been high enough to be easily seen. I
> didn't notice it then. Or am I way off in my thinking. Robert G.
>
> Robert Lunsford wrote:
>
> > Lew and All,
> >
> > Your response reminded me that I could easily see the Gegenschein last
> > night situated just east of central Cancer. In fact the Beehive cluster
> > was immersed in it. The zodiacal band was not prominent early in the
> > session but was later seen stretching from Scorpius through Virgo.
> >
> > I would assume that CAN stood for Carinids although it looks like it
> > would be for the Cancrids. The "official" IMO designation for the Alpha
> > Carinids is ACA. I has since been dropped from the current IMO visual
> > list.
> >
> > Lew Gramer wrote:
> > >
> > > Congratulations on the Gegenschein sighting, Mike! Next time you're up on
> > > Haleakala, I'd be interested to hear if you catch the Zodiacal Band as well.
> > >
> > > BTW, I was curious what shower acronym "CAN" stood for? (This goes back to
> > > a question I asked Bob in another post today, about who assigns these acro-
> > > nyms for some of the more obscure minor showers.) I know there is a "Delta
> > > Velid" shower listed on the DMS site, which is the "DVE" I guess. Does CAN
> > > refer to the "alpha Carinids" - maybe they're also known as the Canopids??
> > >
> > > Thanks, Mike!
> > > Lew Gramer
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