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(meteorobs) Observation Dec 23/24
Hi!
True to the forecast (wow!) the sky remained clear and I could
observe again. I looked for any remaining activity from the Ursids, but
none was seen. There was, however, some activity from the Coma Berenicids.
The sporadics again made up the bulk of activity seen. Rates were
substantially lower than yesterday.
The higlight of the night and the only really interesting meteor
was a -5 sporadic fireball at 21:53:50 UT in Leo. It was medium speed,
orange and it fragmented into 5 pieces midway in its flight. But again
most of the meteors were faint. It planned to stay out until dawn, but the
faint meteors and really low temperatures (-13 C) made me decide
otherwise, so I finished about an hour and a half before dawn.
I don't think I want to do another really long session under such
low temperatures anytime soon. True that the sky is usually crystal clear
on such nights, but my fingers and toes are not very keen about it.
The summary:
Period F teff LM URS COM Spor
16:42-17:42UT 1.05 1.00 6.32 0 - 6
16:42-18:42UT 1.05 1.00 6.33 0 - 8
20:19-21:19UT 1.05 1.00 6.53 0 - 6
21:19-22:19UT 1.05 1.00 6.54 0 0 11
22:36-23:36UT 1.05 1.00 6.53 0 0 17
23:36-00:36UT 1.05 1.00 6.55 0 2 16
00:51-01:51UT 1.05 1.00 6.56 0 3 12
01:51-02:26UT 1.05 0.58 6.53 0 1 17
02:52-03:52UT 1.05 1.00 6.38 0 1 14
---- -------------------
8.58 0 7 107
Magnitude distribution:
Spor: -5(1) -1(2.5) 0(2.5) +1(10.5) +2(17.5) +3(31) +4(20.5) +5(16.5)
+6(5)
COM: 0(1) +1(2) +3(2) +4(1.5) +5(0.5)
Merry Christmas to all of you!!
Jure A.
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