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My hopes were high for observing the ETA's this weekend but I was completely
clouded, if not stormed, out. Still, reading the reports from the list, it
appears that they were suprising if only for their lack of normal
rates....could this be due to lunar interference or have the Eta Aquarids
historically had some poor-performance years? I had been under the
imprtession that the ETAs were quite reliable.
Kim Youmans
----- Original Message -----
From: <nmcleod@peganet.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:32 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Eta Aquarids 2002 from Florida
I decided to try a short Eta Aquarid watch from the back yard 2002 May
4/5.
Sky LM wasn't too bad, 5.0. Watching 440 - 530 AM EDT (840 - 930 UT) I
saw
only one Eta and no other meteors ! How dead can it get? The conditions
should have allowed half a dozen Etas. I skipped the last 20 minutes
before
dawn. View was 25% obstructed. The Eta was an orange +1m with 1-second
train. But I saw 5 satellites in the same period. Sounds like no one
else
is seeing much to speak of either. I would think Edmonton is at the
northern limit for seeing any Etas -- just seeing one would be an
achievement.
Evenings have been clear enough to see the spectacular show of planets for
a
week now.
Norman
Norman W. McLeod III
Staff Advisor
American Meteor Society
Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod@peganet.com
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