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During gaps in the cloud cover my video cameras are recording a few of the slow Northern and Southern Taurids, and the speedy Leonids. They are the swiftest of the major meteor showers, entering the atmosphere at 71 km/s and bright Leonids can leave glowing trains.
Leonid maximum is expected about 11:30 UT on Nov 17 (occurring just after Full Moon which can hamper visual observation of the shower) and their ZHR on Nov 16/17 and 17/18 should be around 10. Leonids will be active to the end of this month.
The IMO’s 2024 Meteor Shower Calendar also notes these predictions:
Maslov – Maximum on Nov 17 04h UT, ZHR 15 – 20
Vaubaillon – encounter with the 1633 trail on Nov 14 16h 37m UT – faint meteors?
Sato – encounter with the 1733 trail from Nov 19 23h 53m UT to Nov 20 00h 54m UT – low rates?(The attached image is of a Leonid as it shot down through Tau.)
Alex.
There are local reports in Kent of a fireball
https://www.threads.net/@marknforrest/post/DCZwJpWoye-/wowjust-seen-a-large-meteor-not-meteorite-heading-north-im-in-kent-and-it-was-abLike the comment there about it being green so it must be space junk as the guy who told him has a PhD in physics so must be right !
Here are the details based on UKMON cameras
Cheers
Robin
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