Last night we said goodbye to the November Orionids (NOO) and the Kappa Draconids (KDR) and hello to the Monocerotids (MON). Interestingly the NOO and MON were both produced by Comet Mellish. The NOO about 4000-5000 years ago while the MON were released more recently. For a bit more about these 2 showers see my previous post from a few days ago.
After the Sporadics (which are meteors not affiliated with any known shower, or at least not affiliated anymore), the best producers are the Geminids and Sigma Hydrids. Both showers have been producing some nice fireballs. Salvador Aguirre’s all-sky cam has been picking up a number of these objects over Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. You can see video of some of his detections on his blog (in Spanish).
Obs Date(UT) Time TOT SPO ANT GEM HYD PHO PSU PUP DAD DLM MON SAL3 2010-12-07 07h 57m 25 12 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 ALLS 2010-12-07 12h 37m 9 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 SAL3 - SALSA3 camera in Tucson (Carl Hergenrother) ALLS - Near all-sky camera in Tucson (Carl Hergenrother) VIST - Visual observations from Tucson (Carl Hergenrother) SDG - Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford Time - 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 GEM - Geminids HYD - Sigma Hydrids PHO - Phoenicids PSU - Psi Ursa Majorids PUP - Puppids-Vellids DAD - December Alpha Draconids DLM - December Leonis Minorids MON - Monocerotids
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 