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What meteor shower
Last post 06-28-2009 11:53 AM by polizano. 4 replies.
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  • 06-27-2009 11:46 PM

    What meteor shower

    On June 28th at or about 12:30 AM in East Durham (upstate) New York

    observed two metoers proceeding in a southeasterly direction through the constellation sagetarius within 10 minutes of one another.  What meteor shower is the likely source? 

    Edit: in post below I correct myself, if you face the erect teapot, they were  going down and to the right, which is southwest.

     

  • 06-28-2009 01:23 AM In reply to

    • DaveMitsky
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    Re: What meteor shower

    The June Boötids, a normally minor shower, peaked on the morning of June 27.

    http://www.imo.net/calendar/2009#jbo

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  • 06-28-2009 11:20 AM In reply to

    Re: What meteor shower

     In retrospect, Southeast was not accurate.  If I'm standing looking at the normally aligned teapot, meteors were traveling down and to the right.  This is southwest.

    Does that change your answer?

  • 06-28-2009 11:44 AM In reply to

    Re: What meteor shower

    Meteor showers are named for their apparent radiant in the sky, so the Bootids would appear to radiate from the constellation Bootes, which in June is almost directly overhead from the Northern Hemisphere right after sunset.

    If by "down and to the right" relative to Sagittarius, you mean they were coming from high in the sky and moving toward the SW shortly after midnight, then they would appear to be coming from nearer Lyra and Hercules. But, allowing for a slight difference in line of sight or interpretation, they could still have been coming from Bootes (which at that time would have been only a couple of hours west of the meridian).

    From a dark-sky site on the Texas Plains early last week, we observed many more bright meteors per hour than is normal and many of them appeared to be coming from Lyra, though some were obviously Bootids.

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  • 06-28-2009 11:53 AM In reply to

    Re: What meteor shower

     

    i have to conclude based upon the location in the sky and the angle that they were lyrids

    apparently they had a bigger than usual lot this year that surprised more than north america, as reported here


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