METEOR OUTBURST: Radars in Canada are reporting a major outburstof Draconid meteors

Space Weather News for Oct. 8, 2012
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METEOR OUTBURST: Radars in Canada are reporting a major outburst of Draconid meteors commencing at 16 UT on Oct. 8th. "Radar rates are at 1000 meteors per hour," says Bill Cooke of NASA' Meteoroid Environment Office. "This is greater than last year's outburst, and 5x the 2005 level."

Cooke encourages northern sky watchers, especially in Europe where night is falling, to be alert for Draconid activity. Because radars are sensitive to very small meteoroids, there is no guarantee that this radar outburst will translate into meteors visible to the human eye. On the other hand, a brilliant display could be in progress. The only way to know is to go outside and look. Check http://spaceweather.com for more information and updates.

Sam Wormley wrote:
Space Weather News for Oct. 8, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

METEOR OUTBURST: Radars in Canada are reporting a major outburst of
Draconid meteors commencing at 16 UT on Oct. 8th. "Radar rates are at
1000 meteors per hour," says Bill Cooke of NASA' Meteoroid Environment
Office. "This is greater than last year's outburst, and 5x the 2005
level."

Cooke encourages northern sky watchers, especially in Europe where
night is falling, to be alert for Draconid activity. Because radars
are sensitive to very small meteoroids, there is no guarantee that
this radar outburst will translate into meteors visible to the human
eye. On the other hand, a brilliant display could be in progress.
The only way to know is to go outside and look. Check
http://spaceweather.com for more information and updates.

Observed from ~50N,120W, (south central BC) for 5 minutes,
aurora moderate to bright spiking across the sky in the north
and directly overhead. Two Jupiter brightness meteors going
south to north. Seeing excellent at 1 am as moon arose.
Ken