Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER
Hi Dean: There are lots of sites that give the major showers. Here is one that also gives estimated numbers per hour. http://www.amsmeteors.org/showers.html#major Just remember, the number that you will see will depend on how dark it is and where the Moon is (light from the Moon). The South Delta Aquarids (SDA) should have maxed out at about 20/hour and there was not much Moon, so you may have been limited by sky brightness and by the time of night (best after midnight as the Earth moves through the meteor stream, like bugs on a wind screen) Larry Quoting dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I saw my first meteor shower last night at kumue observatory in Auckland. Probably not as impressive as some people have seen meteor showers but we we getting more than one a minute. Once I saw two at the same time, a skinny and a fat one that came from the same area (It was sort of cool and had the illusion of starting in the same place as if it broke apart). Apparantly at the star party 100 miles away last weekend there were lots also and my friend said that he saw one in his telescope (I missed the party unfortunately). We were stargazing and the meteors were unexpected. I got the name Southern Delta Aquarids a few minutes ago from searching google wondering if there was indeed supposed to be a meteor shower going on now but I dont know if I have the name right. This was my first ever meteor shower and the first time I was ever able to look up and really expect to see a meteor. I had my 4 month old baby with me so it was kind of special - even if it was only one meteor a minute. How does that compare to normal meteor showers? The only negitave was that none appear to have fallen all the way down. Cheers DEAN __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER
Hi again Dean: My bad! I thought you said one an hour! One a minute is great!! I should stop reading emails before my morning coffee. I just caught your last statement about none falling all the way down. To the best of my knowledge, no meteorite has ever fallen from a meteor shower. If you look at the stuff that Stardust brought back to Earth, that is the size of the typical meteor. Not very large and not what you see in the movies! Larry Quoting dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I saw my first meteor shower last night at kumue observatory in Auckland. Probably not as impressive as some people have seen meteor showers but we we getting more than one a minute. Once I saw two at the same time, a skinny and a fat one that came from the same area (It was sort of cool and had the illusion of starting in the same place as if it broke apart). Apparantly at the star party 100 miles away last weekend there were lots also and my friend said that he saw one in his telescope (I missed the party unfortunately). We were stargazing and the meteors were unexpected. I got the name Southern Delta Aquarids a few minutes ago from searching google wondering if there was indeed supposed to be a meteor shower going on now but I dont know if I have the name right. This was my first ever meteor shower and the first time I was ever able to look up and really expect to see a meteor. I had my 4 month old baby with me so it was kind of special - even if it was only one meteor a minute. How does that compare to normal meteor showers? The only negitave was that none appear to have fallen all the way down. Cheers DEAN __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER
Thanks for all the emails. I got 26 private emails from this posting so please forgive me for not giving everybody a personal reply but thanks for all the comments as they were all helpful and nice. At least here in the northern part of New Zealands north island we are definately getting more than one a minute. I was getting that at 11PM and you would expect more after midnight. There are two reports of fireballs also. Here is a cool photo of a meteor trail taken by one of the members of the astrononomy club list here in New Zealand: http://www.darknights.biz/Gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=203g2_imageViewsIndex=1 I have 3 or 4 forwarded reports listed here below. The first one is the photographer of the above photo. The last report talking about the fireball is possibly the most exciting. That is at the observatory where I was a couple nights ago. I hope to get out observing again before the meteors all go away but given the extensive rainfall, life in New Zealand is hard for astronomers. Three Forwarded reports from local amature astronomers below: Cheers DEAN JD and I were both up the wee small hours of this morning doing a meteor watch (southern delta aquarids). Between 4.15am, and 5.15am we saw nearly a meteor a minute. I dunno what the final count was - JD is analysing the data on his tape recorder. There were a few nice bright meteors (mainly sporadics) or possibly from another radiant below the horizon, but the majority were faint and fast (~mag 4, last maybe 1/4 to 1/2 a second). I did manage to photograph 4 of them (3x shower, 1x sporadic) but I have yet to process the images. I used 3200iso, and there was a bit of high cloud wafting through which makes combining a bit tricky as I can't use a simple add maximum type command due to the high levels of noise and background cloud. It was a nice change from either staring down the eyepiece, or at the LCD screen. There were also a number of bright meteors earlier in the evening as well - one was a nice bright fireball I even saw as I was driving. Keep Looking Up, John Burt ___ Yes, we sure saw a few meteors from the comfort of the spa pool! In one hour we saw 66 in total (36 Southern Delta Aquarid and 30 sporadic). At one stage we saw five meteors in one minute (alas, nothing like the 100-200,000 meteors a minute during the 1966 Leonid peak!). The average shower meteor was mag 3.3, 0.49 seconds in duration, and 6.6 degrees long. _ JD and I were both up the wee small hours of this morning doing a meteor watch (southern delta aquarids). Between 4.15am, and 5.15am we saw nearly a meteor a minute. I dunno what the final count was - JD is analysing the data on his tape recorder. There were a few nice bright meteors (mainly sporadics) or possibly from another radiant below the horizon, but the majority were faint and fast (~mag 4, last maybe 1/4 to 1/2 a second). Friday evening sure was a fireball fiesta; my flatmates saw two on the way to the mountain and we saw one up at Kumeu. Which shower would have caused those? Guy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER
Dean, One meteor a minute is a pretty fine display! If you want the latest information from the best observers in the world, subscribe to the meteorobs mailing list. Clear skies, Bill -- Original message -- From: dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw my first meteor shower last night at kumue observatory in Auckland. Probably not as impressive as some people have seen meteor showers but we we getting more than one a minute. Once I saw two at the same time, a skinny and a fat one that came from the same area (It was sort of cool and had the illusion of starting in the same place as if it broke apart). Apparantly at the star party 100 miles away last weekend there were lots also and my friend said that he saw one in his telescope (I missed the party unfortunately). We were stargazing and the meteors were unexpected. I got the name Southern Delta Aquarids a few minutes ago from searching google wondering if there was indeed supposed to be a meteor shower going on now but I dont know if I have the name right. This was my first ever meteor shower and the first time I was ever able to look up and really expect to see a meteor. I had my 4 month old baby with me so it was kind of special - even if it was only one meteor a minute. How does that compare to normal meteor showers? The only negitave was that none appear to have fallen all the way down. Cheers DEAN __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER
Hi, Dean and Joe, For me, holding a meteorite in my hand while watching for meteors somehow brings it all into perspective. Cheers, Pete From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Southern Delta Aquarids METEOR SHOWER Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:16:48 + Dean, One meteor a minute is a pretty fine display! If you want the latest information from the best observers in the world, subscribe to the meteorobs mailing list. Clear skies, Bill -- Original message -- From: dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw my first meteor shower last night at kumue observatory in Auckland. Probably not as impressive as some people have seen meteor showers but we we getting more than one a minute. Once I saw two at the same time, a skinny and a fat one that came from the same area (It was sort of cool and had the illusion of starting in the same place as if it broke apart). Apparantly at the star party 100 miles away last weekend there were lots also and my friend said that he saw one in his telescope (I missed the party unfortunately). We were stargazing and the meteors were unexpected. I got the name Southern Delta Aquarids a few minutes ago from searching google wondering if there was indeed supposed to be a meteor shower going on now but I dont know if I have the name right. This was my first ever meteor shower and the first time I was ever able to look up and really expect to see a meteor. I had my 4 month old baby with me so it was kind of special - even if it was only one meteor a minute. How does that compare to normal meteor showers? The only negitave was that none appear to have fallen all the way down. Cheers DEAN __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes. http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
