Friday 23 May 2014

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/meteor-showers-in-2014/

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/the-next-new-meteorshower/


Will Comet 209P/LINEAR Generate the Next Meteor Storm?
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1311.0235v1.pdf

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/camelopardalid-meteor-shower-could-bring-us-spectacular-fireballs-and-pepper-the-moon-with-impacts-too/28086/

sorry I was late

 Sat afternoon:
Here are some links, a finder chart and some results from our balcony.




comet 209P/LINEAR  Camelopardalids
http://www.imo.net/camelopardalids2014
(finder chart too)

http://www.imcce.fr/langues/en/ephemerides/phenomenes/meteor/DATABASE/209_LINEAR/2014/index.php?popup=3

M. Maslov's pages
http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Predictions/209p-ids2014eng.html

Vaubaillon, J.; Colas, F.; Jorda, L. paper
http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/2005A%26A...439..751V

Vicki saw one meteor before I set up. It was about the magnitude of Polaris, slow, trail of circa 8 degrees.
I took 16 pictures of 30seconds - 2 show trails.
IMGP7852: 

and detail:


and approx 1 minute later, IMGP7853:



The trails diverge slightly,exposures of 30 seconds, downloads also circa 30seconds.
Results:
http://imo.net/camelopardalids2014-results
and
http://imo.net/live/cameleopardalids2014/#observers


3 comments:

  1. Nice! I heard that last night's show had been a flop and without sightings...clearly not for you two! Thanks!
    Naomi

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