(meteorobs) 3 Fireballs -No meteor activity before or after.

[Chris Peterson]

I've had an interesting pattern of events in the last week. Very few 
shower members, a moderate number of fireballs, and many sporadics. The 
pattern is typical for the last few years. There's a window of reduced 
shower activity in the midst of several months of otherwise high 
activity. And as noted, lots of sporadic activity.

2007.12.17 - 2007.12.24
alpha Lyncid   LYN   10
Ursid   URS   8
Sporadic   SPO   83
Unknown   UNK   10
Total meteors: 111

Last night I had this (sporadic) stunner:
http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=20797

Unfortunately I missed seeing it visually, even though I was frequently 
checking on the full Moon and Mars, which were only 1/4° apart at the 
time of the fireball. Oh well.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 3:57 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) 3 Fireballs -No meteor activity before or after.


> Just checked the more sensitive system. No meteors of any kind from 
> 7:30 PM
> PST thru 2:30 AM PST (after midnight). There is cloud cover now at 
> 3:00 AM
> in the morning.
>
> Those Fireballs came out of nowhere all alone!!
>
> Larry
> YCS