Leo Minorids(LMI)'08 19-27 Οκτωβριου (Μεγιστο 24 Οκτωβριου)

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Leo Minorids (LMI)

Active: October 19 — 27

Maximum: October 24 (λsol = 211°)

ZHR = 2

Radiant: α = 162° δ = +37°

Radiant drift: See Table 6

vinf = 62 km/s; r = 3.0

TFC: α = 190° δ = +58° and α = 135° δ = +30° (β > 40° N)

 

 

The second new addition to the Working List during the current revision, this is a weak minor shower, and its peak ZHR appears to be on or below the visual threshold. Low rates may be a result of neglecting the shower during the vast majority of late-October observations though. Imaging results have found signs of a radiant near the proposed position, but there is almost no reliable visual information on when the shower is most probably active, nor when its peak is. The details above are simply a best-guess. The radiant area can be seen only from the northern hemisphere, and rises around midnight. The proposed maximum date sees the waning crescent Moon rising between 01h — 02h at mid-northern latitudes, but this should not be too great a problem even so. Telescopic or imaging observations are advised.

 

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