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Re: (meteorobs) Re: [IMO-News] Enhanced Meteor Activity?

A quick check of the UWO meteor radar shows two showers active on Apr 4/5 --
one at alpha=+300 and delta=+44 which is best defined and clearly most strong on April 5 and another (broad) source near alpha=+200 and delta=-10
(which I assume is the Virginids) on both days. Neither is exceptionally strong or untypical for the (many) minor showers the radars detect.

Peter

Rob McNaught wrote:

> Bob,
> On April 5 from 9:00 UT till 17:30 UT in moonlight (~70 meteors), and from
> 17:30 UT till 19:00 UT  in a dark sky (~80 meteors) my video observations
> from Siding Spring (149E, 31S) showed no obvious increase in activity.
>
> Cheers, Rob
>
> Robert H. McNaught
> rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.au
>
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Robert Lunsford wrote:
>
> > Dr. Tony Phillips of the NASA Science Team has just informed me that
> > exceptional activity is being detected by his FM echo system. If anyone
> > is able to confirm this activity either visually or by radio methods
> > yours efforts would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank You!
> >
> > Robert Lunsford
> >
> > >Dear Bob, we're seeing (or hearing) what seems to be a meteor outbusr >on our FM echo system.  Ping rates have soared from 30/hr to nearly
> > >200/hr.  Do you have any idea if there are any active radiants right
> > >now?  I don't see anything on the meteor calendar that would explain
> > >this.  Regards, Tony
> >
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