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(meteorobs) Observation on June 6/7.



Hello observers,

I observed on June 6/7.  I found that one meteor might be Tau Herculids,
however, no unusual activity has appeared.

<Observation>
DATE       UT    TIME Total Spor. THE SAG Lm CL Dir Obs.  Method
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June/2000
06/07 14:30-15:30 60    6     4    1   1  4.8 0 Her HASTA V P (B)

Time : Observed time interval
Total: Total number of meteors
Spor.: Number of Sporadic meteors
THE  : Number of Tau-Herculids meteors
       (associated with comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3)
HR   : Hourly rate
Lm   : Limiting magnitude of field stars
CL   : Cloud cover
Dir  : Observation direction ( Z = Zenith )
Obs. : Observer name shorten by IMO Code.
Meth.: Method (V = Visual, C = Counting, P = Plotting, TV = TV,
       S = Single station)

<Observation Site>
HASTA (A) : Shimoyugi, hachioji, Tokyo, Japan          139d22mE , +35d38mN



On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:20:12 +0400
"Sergey Shanov" <sergey_shanov@mail.ru> wrote:

> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> Hello John Greaves, Takema Hashimoto and others observers! 
> 
> I do not have almost doubts, that meteoric showers Tau Herculids and
> Alpha-Bootids belong to one comet (73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3). Tau
> Herculids have abandoned a mother comet much earlier and this
> stream with each year weakens. All this is a corollary of variability
> of an orbit of a comet. 
> 
> Let's compare cometary and meteoric radiants?
> 
> THE OBJECT                               RD(au) RA (deg) Decl (deg) Vg 
> 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (1930.06.09)  0.002  221      +47        13 
> Tau Herculids (1930.06.09)                      236      +42 
> 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (1979.05.31)  0,05   210      +32        12 
> May Alpha-Bootids                                ?         ?         ? 
> Since 1979 the orbit of this comet almost has not varied 

I roughly search for the similar radiant From "Astronomical Circular"
(in Japan), the journal of NMS.

<Radinat>
  Y     M   D      R.A.  Dec.    N  Obs.
  1969  May 17/18  215   +25     5  Y.Takeuchi
            21/22  215   +20.5   6  A.Kawagoe
  1970  May 30/31  212   +23     4  Ogasawara
            30/31  214   +19     7  Ogasawara
  1971  May 30/31  215   +20     5  K.Oikawa


Clear skies,  Takema.


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thashi@din.or.jp  Hashimoto, Takema
Minor Meteor Shower Circular(MMSC)
URL : http://www.din.or.jp/~thashi/index_E.htm
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Nippon Meteor Society (NMS)
Association of Meteor Observers in and around Tokyo Area (AMOTA)
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