FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: Rare Aurigid Meteor Shower

[Jeremy Perez <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Perseids put on a better show, but this was still nice. I counted  
17 meteors from 4:15 - 5:15 AM (11:15 - 12:15 UT). About half of  
those were around 1st to 2nd magnitude, with the rest being 3rd  
magnitude or fainter. One spectacular meteor flashed up to about -3  
magnitude, lighting up some surrounding alto-cumulus clouds as it  
blew past Sirius. My wife saw one through our bedroom window just  
before I headed outside, and she decided that had to be the best way  
to watch this or any other meteor shower. :)

Like Jimmy, I shot 30 second exposures with my Canon Digital Rebel  
the whole time I was outside. Only one of the meteors I noticed was  
inside the frame of my camera, and it was too faint to pull out of  
the noise in the photo. I did find another exposure with a meteor I  
had not noticed visually. It was just east of Auriga and had a path  
intersecting the southeastern edge of the constellation. I'm pretty  
sure this was well outside the zone for the Alpha Aurigid radiant  
making it a sporadic meteor. It was close though. And fairly  
colorful. The photo can be seen here:

http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000720.html

Jeremy Perez
http://beltofvenus.perezmedia.net

On Sep 1, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Jimmy Ray wrote:

> Well the word "Rare" seemed to fit from north Glendale. Those folks  
> out at
> the dark sites may have faired better but for me I had a couple of  
> meteors
> from 4:15 to 4:25, then a "flurry" of six from 4:26 to 4:31 (4 -  
> bright's
> and 2 - "fireballs") then a stray one about 4:45. I went in at  
> 5:00. I had
> the camera sitting next to me "clicking away" so I'll have to see  
> what if
> anything was captured (one satellite for sure).
>
> Jimmy Ray
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