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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Geminids in Jakarta, Indonesia

We use the Australian almanac/yearbook made by Quasar Publishing called "A
Practical guide to the night sky"
<http://www.quasarastronomy.com.au/default.htm> for our meteor shower
info... they've never let us down and we've been using it since '95 (they
were the only ones in the Australian media that got the '98 leonid fireball
peak just right *17th* ( 16th UT ).
 The media here gets a lot of their astro info from the American media (CNN
ect.) -lazy ozzie journo's- and of course their talking American dates that
dont apply to the "The Island's of the Day Before". So everybody in general
( civilians - hehe ) here went out for the 18th as the main day in '98
except for us (and the many other well informed people ..i presume) ..coz we
saw them all lining the roads in the sticks on the 18th (as we went out for
5 days of the leonids as well). BTW I have the 2003 edition of the yearbook
and those dates for the peaks of showers mentioned on
http://www.museum.vicdot gov.au/planetarium/solarsystem/meteors.html are years
out of date  
I hope you can obtain a copy of it where you are Ferry. The yearbook is made
for all type's of amateur astronomers no matter if your casual or full on
about it.

Kearn Jones
Adelaide, Australia
www.southern-x.org


> From: Ferry Octavian <Ferry.Octavian.bp@ptsidot siemens.co.id>
> Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:46:42 +0700
> To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Re: Geminids in Jakarta, Indonesia
> 
> Thanx a lot 4 the information, Sir...
> Hope that it would be more exciting next year...
> 
> Regards,
> octa
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ed Cannon [mailto:ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu]
>> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 15:46
>> To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>> Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Geminids in Jakarta, Indonesia
>> 
>> 
>>> any suggestion of the upcoming sky event here in
>>> southern hemisphere...
>> 
>> Here's some information that I found about meteor
>> showers most relevant for southern hemisphere
>> observers:
>> 
>> Meteor Showers Visible from Australia:
>> 
>> http://www.museum.vicdot gov.au/planetarium/solarsystem/meteors.html
>> 
>> Major meteor streams (some emphasis on ones visible
>> from Australia, as it's the web site of an Australian
>> group):
>> 
> http://www.geocities.com/vodickar/StreamData.htm
> 
> Looking at the IMO calendar for 2003,
> 
> http://www.imodot net/calendar/cal03.html
> 
> the best southern hemisphere prospects for 2003
> (including reasonably favorable Moon phases) appear
> to be the:
> 
> Alpha Centaurids
> Lyrids
> Pi Puppids
> Eta Aquarids
> South Delta Aquarids
> Orionids
> Leonids
> Alpha Monocerotids
> 
> To find minor showers with low expected rates, look
> at the IMO's working list, and check the "delta"
> column under "Radiants".  The radiants with negative
> values (or low positive ones) can be seen well from
> the southern hemisphere.
> 
> http://www.imodot net/calendar/cal03.html#Table5
> 
> Finally, cross-check Gary Kronk's site to see if it
> provides additional information on the showers:
> 
> http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/calendar.html
> 
> Clear, dark nights--
> 
> Ed Cannon - ecannon @ mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA
> 
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