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Re: (meteorobs) Late Ursid?
Hello Robert,
Yes, it is sure possible that this meteor was a late Ursid. In 1992 and 1995
I could observe also late december (after 27 december) and I noticed more
than once late Ursids (and some bright ones!)! Nice to see that other
observers see late Ursids!
Clear skys
Koen Miskotte
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Gardner <rendrag@earthlinkdot net>
To: Meteor Observors <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 10:00 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Late Ursid?
> This morning, December 30, I awoke early and went out in the back yard
> to catch a little early morning observing under very bad skies, about LM
> 3.5 and some light scattered stratus clouds. I started at about UTC
> 13:50 (5:50 PST). I was facing North and centered my vision at about
> 55o elevation. I was hoping to catch an early Quadrantids or anything
> else and my azimuth was chosen by my surroundings. After about 5
> minutes, just before 14:00 UTC I saw a beautiful zero magnitude meteor
> which, as close as I could determine radiated from the same area as the
> Ursids and looked for all the world just like the early Ursids I had
> observed in the desert. My question is, could it have been an Ursid
> though it is four days outside the interval listed in the manuals?
> My longitude is 118o 03" 30', latitude 34o 07" 30', altitude 950 ft.
>
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