(meteorobs) Perseid Meteor Shower Report

[Michael Boschat]

              Perseid Meteor Shower Report

Date : August 11/12, 2004
Begin: 01:20 UT 
End:   07:00 UT
Observer: Michael Boschat 
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lat: N 44d 39'
Long: W 63d 36m 
Elev: 57m
Recording Method: Eye


Start  End    Teff    LM     PER SPO   Total   Cloud
-------------------------------------------------------------
01:20  01:59  1.00    4.0     5   1      6      60%

04:00  05:00  1.00    4.5    10   0     10      5%

05:00  06:00  1.00    5.0     8   0      8      0%

06:00  07:00  1.00    5.0    12   1      8      0%



Magnitudes:  -3  -2  -1  0  1  2  TOTAL
---------------------------------------
PERSEIDS      1   6  10  2  9  7  ( 35 )        
SPORADICS     -   -   -  -  2  -  (  2 )


Average Magnitudes:  

PERSEIDS:

01:20  01:59 = +0.2

04:00  05:00 = -0.6

05:00  06:00 = +0.8

06:00  07:00 = -0.3


SPORADICS: 

01:20  01:59 = +1.0

06:00  07:00 = +1.0



Colour Distribuation:

PERSEIDS: White  Red   Blue   Blue/White  Red/White
           21     1     7        3           3

SPORADICS:  2

  
Comments:

  At 0200 UT a clods deck covered the sky, I then went 
  home and it began to clear my observations continued from
  0400-0700 UT from my apartment balcony but my view of the 
  sky is limited to 66 degrees x 88 degrees.

  The shower seemed average to me no big increases but then again
  I had to observe from the city.