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(meteorobs) Observations May 26/27: meteors - they're back!!
Hi!
It took me a while to make this report as I was at an
astro meeting yesterday. I observed again in the night May 26/27
and like the previous nights, it was clear. The weather went
through that evening cirrus routine and at 22:30 it was clear.
The rates - now that's a different story. The first hour was really
active - 17 meteors!! Several nice meteors during the first hour -
had a +1.0 orange sporadic going down in Gemini, a +0.5 yellow
sporadic shooting up from Libra into Corona Borealis, a superb
very slow +2.0 sporadic with a red wake, very Capricornid-like.
Superb, just superb.
The following hours saw unexpected activity from Sagittarids!
They're very low on in the sky here, reaching only about 20
degrees elevation. One good SAG appeared at 01:22, a +1.0
white meteor in Ursa Major. Also the sporadic rates were still rather good,
although not as high as during the first hour. The last hour was a
bit of a disappointment as only 5 meteors appeared. But overall it
was great!!
The summary:
Period F Lm teff SPO SAG TOT
20:58-21:58UT 1.00 6.35 0.94 17 0 17
21:58-22:58UT 1.00 6.29 0.96 10 2 12
23:09-00:09UT 1.00 6.43 0.96 11 3 14
00:09-01:12UT 1.00 6.44 1.02 4 1 5
3.88 42 6 48
Magnitude distribution:
SPO: 0(0.5) +1(3) +2(7) +3(11) +4(12) +5(6) +6(2.5)
SAG: +1(1) +3(1.5) +4(3.5)
The average for sporadics was +3.42, around the usual value, while
for Sagittarids it was +3.25. The weather has finally turned bad here.
It partially cloudy at the moment, but we expect rain from Monday
to Wednesday...
....overall, May has been a very productive month.
Clear skies!
Jure A.
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