(meteorobs) Perseid obs, Sharon Massachusetts, Aug 7

[Richard Kramer]

Good conditions, my best local sky all year, no mosquitos, comfortable temp 
of 59F, no wind.

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Richard Kramer Sharon MA USA
71 deg 10.87 min W   42 deg 6.53 min N  Elev 220 ft

EDT 11:16 7 Aug to 00:06 8 Aug
UTC 03:16 8 Aug to 04:06 8 Aug

Shower observed Perseids  PER

8 Aug 2004
UTC              Teff   LM     PER    SPO    Total
03:16 - 04:06    0.78   4.8     3      2       5

Magnitude Distributions
          -1   0   1   2   3   4
PER       1   0   2   0   0   0
SPO       0   0  0   1   0   1

Notes:
1. Sky 5% obscured by thin high cirrus clouds which were not a factor in 
limitiing visibility.
2. Facing to the east view centered on the tail of Cygnus, nearly at the 
zenith.
3. Peripheral field of view obscured 10% by trees.
4. Nice, 1 to 2 second duration trains on all three Persieds.