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Astronomy => Alerts! Questions? Discussions... => Topic started by: Rick on Jul 26, 2023, 08:27:28

Title: Bright alpha Capricornid last night...
Post by: Rick on Jul 26, 2023, 08:27:28
Several cameras (including one of mine (http://forum.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/index.php?topic=12787.0)) caught this quite flashy alpha Capricornid last night:

See: https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2023/orbits/202307/20230726/20230726_022400.035_UK/index.html
Title: 7 fireballs in 1 night
Post by: Rick on Jul 28, 2023, 20:55:49
7 fireballs in 1 night

Some big meteor showers can fizzle while some small ones can roar! That's the unpredictable nature of meteor showers. Mid-July kicks off a busy meteor season in the Northern Hemisphere. The Perseids and the Southern Delta Aquariids are the main sources of this activity. The Alpha Capricornids are a minor source of meteors, which peak during the last week of July, usually producing no more than five meteors per hour at best. But on the night of July 25-26, 2023, this meteor shower put on a blazing show.

More: https://earthsky.org/space/7-fireballs-in-1-night-capricornids/

This report's from the USA, and they may well have caught a brief outburst of activity. In the UK there were quite a few meteors but not so many bright ones...