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(meteorobs) Eta Lyrid Meteors Seen!
May 10/11, 2002 - Mathias, West Virginia
Eta Lyrid Meteors from Iras-Araki-Alcock Seen!
I was out meteor observing under good clear moonless skies on Saturday
morning, May 10/11, and was impressed by the number of Eta Lyrid meteors that
were seen! You may recall from Bob Lunsford's last Meteor Activity Outlook
for May 10-16, 2002, that the Eta Lyrids are a suspected new meteor shower
caused by remnants of comet Iras-Araki-Alcock, which approached Earth back
in May 1983. The orbit of the comet lies close enough to Earth between May
4th and May 18th to produce minor activity. From 5:30 to 8:30 UT, I observed
12 ELY meteors from the radiant at 19:20 (290) +44. Half of the ELY meteors
were 4th or 5th magnitude, but a couple were 1st and -1 magnitudes. They were
of medium speed. Below is a brief summary of them and the other meteors seen.
I will send a complete report to Bob later for AMS.
Date Time LM Obst. ELY ANT NPX SPX ETA CAU SPO Total FOV
May 10/11 5:30-6:30 6.4 0% 4 2 2 0 0 0 9 17 18.3+35
May 10/11 6:30-7:30 6.5 0% 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 12 20.3+40
May 10/11 7:30-8:30 6.4 0% 3 1 2 1 3 2 7 19 21.0+30
Eta Lyrids - Magnitude Distribution
Date Time LM Obst. -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
May 10/11 5:30-6:30 6.4 0% 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
May 10/11 6:30-7:30 6.5 0% 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 5
May 10/11 7:30-8:30 6.4 0% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
GWG
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