Electronic Telegram No. 1771 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ELEVEN NEW METEOR SHOWERS RECOGNIZED T. Kanamori of Tokyo, Japan, has contributed eleven new meteor showers to the IAU Meteor Shower Working List (cf. CBET 1088), based on results from two years of continuous multi-station video observations with over 100 video cameras operated by 25 amateur astronomers in Japan, using his "UFO Capture" software [Sonotaco 2009, WGN (J. Int. Meteor Org.), in press]. P. Jenniskens, Chair of the Task Group on Meteor Shower Nomenclature (IAU Commission 22), adds that the following showers were added to the Working List. In the table below, the solar longitude, R.A., and Decl. are given in degrees for equinox 2000.0; V_g is the geocentric velocity of the meteoroid at the earth, but outside the earth's gravitational field; the span over which the shower is active in degrees of solar longitude; and d_RA and d_Dec are the drifts in the radiant position (in R.A. and Decl., respectively) for every advance of one degree of solar longitude. Solar No. Meteor-shower Name long. R.A. Decl. V_g Span d_RA d_Dec 334 Dec. alpha Draconids 256.5 207.9 +60.6 41.6 236-278 +0.40 -0.14 335 Dec. chi Virginids 256.7 186.8 - 7.9 67.8 246-266 +0.20 -0.14 336 Dec. kappa Draconids 250.2 186.0 +70.1 43.4 240-260 +0.05 -0.09 337 nu Eridanids 167.9 68.7 + 1.1 65.9 157-175 +0.14 -0.13 338 omicron Eridanids 234.7 60.7 - 1.5 26.9 228-245 +0.65 -0.03 339 psi Ursae Majorids 252.9 167.8 +44.5 60.7 240-265 +0.20 -0.01 340 theta Pyxidids 249.4 139.0 -25.5 60.1 240-256 +0.43 +0.04 341 xi Ursae Majorids 300.6 169.0 +33.0 40.2 297-306 -0.13 +0.01 342 Aug. beta Piscids 140.0 346.4 + 1.4 38.3 129-151 +0.74 +0.22 343 h Virginids 39.0 204.2 -11.6 18.7 28-44 +0.11 -0.27 344 July gamma Draconids 125.3 280.1 +51.1 27.4 122-129 +1.17 +1.45 Details are given at the IAU Meteor Data Center's website, maintained by T. Jopek, Poznan University: http://www.astro.amu.edu.pl/~jopek/MDC2007/index.php NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2009 CBAT 2009 April 17 (CBET 1771) Daniel W. E. Green