Possible meteor outburst evening of November 21

Deane Clark · Post by **Deane Clark** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:06 pm

There is a prediction that the Alpha Monocerotids which peak tonight, may have a brief, intense outburst that could exceed 400/hr ZHR. See:
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astrono ... ocerotids/

I plan to head out to ELO at about 10 pm.
The researchers think the outburst will be CENTERED on 04:50 UTC (10:50 pm CST), but they recommend starting to look by 04:15, which is 10:15 pm CST. Monoceros will be rising in the ESE around the time of the outburst. See the map in the S&T article.

DougSch · Post by **DougSch** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:55 pm

Thanks for posting this.
I may have to run out there tonight.

Doug

Deane Clark · Post by **Deane Clark** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:51 am

Well, THAT didn’t exactly go to plan

Gotta love Minnesota weather.

Sureshks · Post by **Sureshks** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:10 pm

Hi all,

Initial reports stated that there was no outburst on Thursday night. However, later a video was published online by a meteor watch group in Canada. The video clearly shows a brief burst of meteors, and then follows it up with the brilliant train from SpaceX's most recent launch of Starlink satellites.

I cannot find that video now. Has anyone else seen it? If so, can you post it here?

Thx!

Suresh

MarkC · Post by **MarkC** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:13 pm

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHs7ljh ... e=youtu.be

Sureshks · Post by **Sureshks** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:30 pm

Hi Mark,

Yep, that's the one. Thanks for posting it!

Sure looks like there was a burst of Monocerotids around midnight ET.

Suresh

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