Thanks for posting this Chuck. I've added the event to my calendar. If the proposed star party schedule is approved at next month's meeting there will be a star party in SLC the evening before and one at SPOC the evening after. Chance are I'll head straight from the ATS that's sure to follow the SLC star party to some place dark. Here, BTW, is the IMO's 2014 calendar. It has a bit more data on the possible shower near the top of the "April to June" section: http://www.imo.net/calendar/2014 patrick On 31 Dec 2013, at 21:45, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I found a neat tidbit in the 2014 Observers Handbook.
Page 254: "There is a predicted outburst from debris related to comet 209P/LINEAR on 2014 May 24, 7h-8h UT, from a radiant in Camelopardalis. The timing favors North American longitudes, and the moon will be four days before new. The models strongly suggest that the Earth will encounter much material from the comet- it is highly likely this will be the strongest meteor display of 2014 visible in North America."
That last line is printed in bold type in the Handbook.
I'm going to plan on seeing this one. It will be a great opportunity to try my old Russian ZENIT fisheye lens with my new DSLR.