[IAUC] CBET 1480: 20080826 : PERSEID METEORS 2008

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PERSEID METEORS 2008
     P. Jenniskens and C. I. Webb, SETI Institute; C. Kitting, California
State University, East Bay; and C. L. Peterson, Cloudbait Observatory,
Guffey, CO, U.S.A., report from video observations that no significant
enhanced activity (ZHR > 20 meteors/hr) was detected at the time of the
anticipated 1479-dust-trail crossing in the period 04h00m-06h30m UT on
Aug. 12 (cf. CBET 1464).  The International Meteor Organization (IMO) has
reported normal peak Perseid rates of ZHR = 80 meteors/hr (predicted ZHR
= 110-120 meteors/hr).  Instead, K. Miskotte, Dutch Meteor Society, first
reported an unexpected outburst of Perseids between 0h and 3h UT on Aug. 13.