(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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