Draconids observed successfully

09 Oct 2011 - updated 15 Oct 2011 - and 28 Oct 2011

We have participated in an airborne observing campaign for the Draconids and successfully observed the peak of this meteor stream - with rates of about 500 per hour, as predicted by J. Vaubaillon - on 09 Oct 2011. The airborne campaign was led by J. Vaubaillon (IMCCE) and P. Koten (Ondreyov Observatory), see here for details.

We had a nice video story on the ESA web portal (http://www.esa.int) - see here.

Also from the ground the Draconids were nicely visible. Below an animation of all meteors recorded by the intensified camera LIC4 in the Netherlands in a 3-hour time interval around the Draconid peak, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=alojGp_SKa4

The complete team in Kiruna - our two Falcon-20 aircraft