(meteorobs) Re: Perseid Max in sw Florida

[Norman W. McLeod III]

Surprisingly strong Perseid show for a couple of hours.  226 - 326 with 54 
Perseids, then 43 more the next hour.  It was slowing down at the end, and 
we stayed only 10 more minutes with 3 more Perseids, too dull to continue 
with all the mosquitoes.  Magnitudes seem similar to the Texas 
report.  Started off with a  green  -8m Kappa Cygnid? at 213 EDT -- 
first-ever KC fireball for me.  It was right under Capella and went only 5 
degrees in 2 seconds.  Half-degree disk.  Short path that far from Cygnus 
makes me wonder.  Close alignment with Perseids also but much too 
slow.  Might have to settle for sporadic.  Sky was LM 7.2 until moonrise.

Norman

Norman W. McLeod III
Staff Advisor
American Meteor Society

Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod at peganet.com