(meteorobs) Perseid Meteor Shower Report

[Bea and Bruce Patterson]

               Perseid Meteor Shower Report

Date : August 12, 2004
Begin: 06:15 UT
End:   09:15 UT
Observer: Bruce Patterson
Location: Wheatley Ontario Canada
Lat:  42.08865
Long: -82.4635
Recording Method: Eye


Start  End    Teff    LM     PER  SPO   Total   Cloud
-------------------------------------------------------------
06:15  09:15  3.00    4.0    121   7     128      10%




Magnitudes:  -3  -2  -1  0  1  2  TOTAL
---------------------------------------
PERSEIDS      5  10  10  57 29 10  ( 121)
SPORADICS     -   -   5  -  2  -   (  7 )

5 of 7 sporadics south to north trajectory seemed to originate from 
cygnus other two east west from pisces area




Colour Distribution:

PERSEIDS: White  Red   Blue   Blue/White  Red/White
            99     1     7        8           6

SPORADICS:  7


Comments:

   At 0600 UT checked and sky was totally clear set up to observe just 
as cirrus bank started to settle in and was very surprised as it passed 
through within minutes.
Some high cirrus and ground clutter through out observation period