(meteorobs) Late Per. - Correction

George Gliba gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Aug 16 11:47:56 EDT 2004


* Note correction for sporadic ave. magn.

GWG

On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 11:37:24AM -0400, George Gliba wrote:
> 
>                    Post-maximum Perseids, Aug. 14/15, 2004
>                     Cortese Observatory - Braceville, Ohio
>                 Lat. N41° 14.808'- Lon. W80° 58.470'- Ele. 980'
> 
>   I was able to get in an hour of post maximum Perseid observing at the
> recent star party on Saturday nite, Aug. 14/15, at the Mahoning Valley 
> Astronomical Society Cortese Observatory in Braceville, Ohio. Lynne and
> I were back there visiting and attended.
> 
>   From 3:45 to 4:45 UT I saw 19 meteors, 8 of which were Perseids. The best 
> Perseid I saw was seen casually earlier when I saw a 1st magnitude yellow
> -green Perseid with a long trail. Below is a short summary.
> 
> 
>   Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. PER  KCG  ANT  NPX  SPX  SPO  Total     Comments
> 03:45-04:45  6.2   0%    8    1    3    1    0    6    19    Light Dome East 
> 
> 
> Magnitude Distribution
>      0  1  2  3  4  5  Total Ave.
> PER  0  1  2  4  1  0    8   2.6
> KCG  0  0  1  0  0  0    1   2.0
> ANT  0  0  3  0  0  0    3   2.0
> NPX  0  1  0  0  0  0    1   1.0
> SPX  -  -  -  -  -  -    -   N/A
> SPO  0  0  1  1  2  2    6   3.8*
> 
> Clear Skies,
> GWG



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