ARLA/CLUSTER: Observação de meteoros no Reino Unido

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Draconids and Meteor Scatter

The British Astronomical Association is organizing a 'meteor watch' exercise for the coming Draconids shower, between 7th and 9th October.

It would be interesting to compare meteor scatter counts against activity reported by visual observers up and down the country.  The Draconids are not normally a large event but are subject to occasional outbursts and there has been speculation that this year could produce one of these.

Observations are requested across the three days: 7, 8 and 9 October 2011.  Preferably these would be around-the clock, but if this is not possible between 15h UT and 23h UT on the three days. Counts in 15-minute bins will be appropriate for most of the time but on the evening of 8 October - most likely between 18h and 21h UT - rates may be changing very quickly and so it would be advantageous to have the counts in 5-minute bins.

It is very important that receiver settings and antenna alignment are kept constant throughout the period of observation.
If possible, the beam of the antenna should be directed towards the mid-point of the great circle path joining the transmitter and receiver locations.

Paul Hyde, G4CSD the BAA Coordinator for the Radio Astronomy Group, will be consolidating the observations into a single report which will be sent to all participants.

Please contact him (radiogroup at britastro dot org) for further information on how to submit reports

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