Outburst of gamma Crucids in 2021 (GCR#1047)
Abstract
A meteor outburst from what may be a previously unknown shower now called the gamma Crucids (code GCR and IAU shower number 1047) was recorded by Southern hemisphere CAMS networks on 2021 February 13 - 15. The meteors radiated from R.A. = 192.6, Decl. = -56.0 degrees. It is possible that this is a return of the alpha Centaurids (IAU#102), a strong shower observed by visual observers in 1980 on February 8. Those meteors radiated from a radiant at R.A. = 210.9, Decl. = -58.2.
- Publication:
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eMeteorNews
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021eMetN...6..264J
- Keywords:
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- gamma Crucids;
- (GCR#1047)