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Originally Posted by meteorObserva
From the one radiant, most travelled towards the south westerly direction, but sum came from all directions. Faint, short and all similar speed.
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I agree with fringe_dweller that the shower in question is the southern Taurids. Comet Encke paid us a visit this year and rates often increase around the time of a visit, so this would make sense to me. Sounds like you are also noticing a lot of sporadics while you're out there. There's always lots of sporadics.
You rarely see meteors appearing directly from the radiant, the usual story is to see them start a good 20-30 deg from the radiant. It's only the big showers (Leonids, eta Aquarids) that you get to see them right next to the radiant. This would make sense with the Taurids - they are coming up from the NE where Taurus is rising and first appearing overhead as they run towards the SW.
From the old list I have the only other shower that it could remotely be is the delta Eridanids, and Eridanis would be overhead at this time - BUT the period of activity is listed as Nov 9 to 26th, which hasn't even arrived yet!