Late December shower-IMCCE Note

[leolion]

There is a potential for a meteor shower later this month, prior to Quadrantid activity . Here is the link to the IMCCE info :-

www.imcce.fr/langues/en/ephemerides/phenomenes/meteor/DATABASE/DecemberPhiCassiopeiids/2012/index.php?body=Earth&year=2012
Worth an early start to the evenings sessions.Hopefully not a cloud viewing session

[BillW]

Hi Len,
Thanks for the info. My sunset is at 15.55 but I'll be watching if it's clear as the radiant is almost over head. Maybe it'll be late and we'll get a good show for hogmany!!!
cheers,
Bill.

[BillW]

Hi,
I've been monitoring the radio since around 10am this morning and I can say that activity was much greater between 10.00 and 12.00 than it was between 15.00 and 17.00.
So it looks like the predicted outburst at 16.10 didn't materialise.
Unless of course the greater activity earlier in the day was it. Difficult to say but nothing outstanding on my basic system.
I had a look outside and it's raining here so no chance of any visual observations.
Cheers,
Bill.

[arp]

Hi,

I ran my camera from 15:35 until 08:05 this morning. The sky was clear up to about 18:00, then it cleared again after 00:00.

Provisional checking shows 7 meteors, although none of them are aligned with the radiant of this predicted enhanced activity.

Cheers,

Alex.

[stewartw]

My cameras activated at 160009 UTC on 31st Dec ... similar conditions to Alex ... clearish until 18.00 then cloudy until around midnight.

A very brief analysis suggests that there was one event that could be attributed to this at 190937 UTC as it was slow and came from the vicinity of Cassiopeia

Will perform a more detailed analysis as part of the normal December "package".

Happy 2013 to all!

William

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[arp]

Hi William,

I have checked my captures from last night.

I also have the 19:09:37 event. It is near the right edge of my FOV and it is slow. Its trail points back to the general vicinity of the radiant so it will be interesting to compare our 2-station data.

Likewise, I am working through my December data, but I will send you my M*.csv file for last night to what data we can derive about the meteor.

Happy New Year!

Alex.

[stewartw]

Hi Alex,

Mine was also at the edge of the FOV and there was a lot of cloud (the only star visible was Polaris) - will perform a proper analysis tomorrow morning and email over the M.CSV file so we can pin down the radiant.

Got the third camera mounted yesterday - not active yet as I need to sort out some crimps for the power lead but should be up and running soon.

Best regards

William