Apr 22/23/24 Meteors

Carl Hergenrother

After peaking on Wednesday morning, the activity level of the Lyrids falls as rapidly as it rose. Now we look forward to the gradual rise of the Eta Aquarids.

Obs  Date (UT)   TotTime TOT SPO ANT PPU LYR ETA
TUS  2009-04-24  07h 42m  9   6   2   0   1   0
TUS  2009-04-23  09h 10m  14  7   1   0   6   0

TUS – Camera in Tucson operated by Carl Hergenrother
SDG – Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford
TotTime – Total amount of time each camera looked for meteors
TOT – Total number of meteors detected
SPO – Sporadics (meteors not affiliated with any particular meteor shower)
ANT – Antihelions
PPU – Pi Puppids
LYR – Lyrids
ETA – Eta Aquarids

Published by Carl Hergenrother

I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field.