Over the last few nights i have been out watching the Delta

Pavonids. Only 3 hours of observing so far, and zero Delta Pav's seen.



However, with a total of only 20 meteors seen, I have noticed that 6 of

those have came from an area of RA 237 Dec -40 with a radiant size of

about 6 to 7 degrees.



6 out of 20 meteors from the one radiant defines this area, at first

glance, as a new and quite active meteor stream. There is nothing on

any list i have in relation to a meteor shower from this area at this

time. I have lists with several hundred meteor streams, and i seriously

can't find a match...!



All the meteors were of a medium-fast speed, were white and around + 2

to 4 magnitude. The closest radiant is the Alpha Scorpids (see below)

but the details don't match, alpha scorps are quite slow, and the Dec

position is all out. There is also the Alpha Lupids, but the RA is over

20 degrees off for this one.



a Scorpiids 246 -25 Mar 26 - Jun 4 Several Maxima Vel 35

kps Mag ave 2.5

a Lupids 217 -44 Mar 12 - 31 Mar 22



I will run this past the IMO over the coming days, but if we can get

some more observations on it, it would be fantastic. I would give the

stream a preliminary designation of "Gamma Lupids" at this stage, seeing

that is the closest bright star to the radiant position.



If we can get some more info, this would be a pretty cool new stream

discovery. If anyone does head out to make some observations, it would

be greatly appreciated. When listing the observations, list them as

"Gamma Lupids". Don't forward these ones to the IMO, i will correlate

the data and send a combined report on all the observers behalfs with

names, dates and all the usual stuff.



Data needed on the meteors are Magnitude, Colour, Train, Stream origin

and a rough estimate on the speed (fast, medium, slow) and med-fast or

med-slow if you feel confident enough. If we can get at least 10 hours

of observations, and a good ratio of "Gamma Lupids" vs "Sporadic"

meteors, hopefully we will have discovered a new meteor stream. Lets

see what happens......

Posted on behalf of Adam Marsh, of the eastern Australian Meteor Network.

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