(meteorobs) PERSEID METEOR SHOWER: THIRD DAY OF OBSERVATION

[Robert Morgan]

DATE: 2004.08.14
BEGIN: 04:33PDT(11:33UT)
END: 05:23PDT(12:23UT)
LOCATION: LONG: 119.45d   LAT: 39.11d
          elev: 1433m(4700ft)
SITE: CARSON CITY, NEVADA  USA
NAME: ROBERT MORGAN

OBSERVED SHOWERS: PER   KCG   NDA
LM: 5
BORTLE SCALE: 5
RECORDING METHOD: PAPER AND PENCIL

PERIOD (10 minute INTERVALS)   PER   KCG   NDA
04:33-04:43                     0     0     0
04:43-04:53                     2     0     0
04:53-05:03                     0     2     0
05:03-05:13                     0     0     0
05:13-05:23                     1     0     1
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TEFF: 0.83 (50 minutes)         3     2     1   (6)

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
  -4   -3   -2   -1   0   1   2   3   4   5
   0    0    2    1   1   1   0   1   0   0

COLOR DISTRIBUTION: 
WHITE: 2   BLUE-WHITE: 1   YELLOW-WHITE: 2   
YELLOW: 1

BREAKS: 0

NOTES: 1) THE MAGNITUDE -2.0 METEOR SIGHTED AT
05:01PDT(12:01UT) RADIATED FROM CYGNUS, AND TRAVELED W
TO E TOWARDS PERSEUS AT MODERATE SPEED. THIS METEOR
HAD A BLUE-WHITE COLOR, DISPLAYED A PERSISTENT
(2 second +) BLUE-WHITE TRAIN 25d IN LENGTH. THERE WAS
A SMALL FRAGMENTATION DISPLAY AT THE END OF IT'S 35d
PATH.
       2) AT 05:02PDT(12:02UT) ANOTHER METEOR WAS
SIGHTED RADIATING FROM CYGNUS. THIS METEOR WAS FAST,
AND TRAVELED S TO N FOR APPROXIMATELY 15d. IT WAS A
MAGNITUDE 0, WHITE COLOR, NO TRAIN, NO FRAGMENTATION.
       3) AT 05:14PDT(12:14UT) A METEOR WAS SIGHTED
COMING FROM AQUARIUS. THIS MAGNITUDE -1.0 METEOR
TRAVELED S TO N AT MODERATE SPEED. IT WAS YELLOW-WHITE
IN COLOR. THERE WAS NO TRAIN AND NO FRAGMENTATION
NOTED.
       4) THE THREE(3) PERSEID'S VIEWED WERE ALL FAST
PASSERS, ONE EACH WHITE, YELLOW, YELLOW-WHITE IN
COLOR. THE LAST PERSEID, SIGHTED AT 05:18PDT(12:18UT),
ALSO THE LAST METEOR SIGHTED IN THIS SESSION, WAS A 
-2.0 MAGNITUDE METEOR THAT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 15d
AND DISAPPEARED. NO FRAGMENTATION WAS SEEN FROM ANY OF
THE THREE(3) PERSEID'S.
       5) THE OTHER TWO(2) PERSEID'S SIGHTED; 
(A) 04:47PDT(11:47UT) AND (B) 05:51PDT(11:51UT); BOTH
TRAVELED 20d. METEOR (A) WAS 3.0m. IT'S TRAVEL PATH
WAS SE YO NW. METEOR (B) WAS 1.0m. IT'S TRAVEL PATH
WAS NE TO SW.
       6) NO OBSERVATION WAS MADE ON 2004.08.13 FRIDAY
DUE TO WEATHER (PREDICTED CLOUD COVER), HOWEVER, FOR
THIS SESSION THE SKIES WERE QUITE CLEAR.

CLEAR SKIES,
R. MORGAN FROM CARSON CITY, NEVADA  USA