(meteorobs) Perseid Report from San Diego, CA: 08-11/12-04 (final)

[josephasmus at cox.net]

Greetings to all:

Below is the summary of my visual observations (paper- pencil recorded) for 2 of the hours I observed the Perseid peak.  Many of you may have read I observed the peak with my local meteor hero Bob Lunsford...  it is always a great pleasure to watch a meteor shower with someone having the depth of knowledge and experience that Bob does! He truly is the "meteor answer-man!"  (anyone reading this can read Robert's post of the same night to get more complete details of the outing.  I sat facing facing the same general direction as Bob).

Again, thanks to all the list members posting their obs. It
is just awesome to read reports streaming in from ALL parts of the world.  We truly ARE a global society!

Lastly, I have to say a special thanks to Pierre for taking the time and effort to post (yet again) such well crafted and enjoyable-to-read meteor reports! 

Here is a summary of my visual data:
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DATE: August 11/12, 2004
BEGIN: 0545 UT END: 0745 UT
OBSERVER: Joseph D. Assmus
LOCATION: Japatul Helipad  (San Diego County, California)
116 40' 04" W 32 44' 52" N  ELE = 750 m
RECORDING METHOD: pencil and paper (avg 3 sec/meteor)


PERIOD(UT)__Teff__LM_______PER__SPO

0545-0645___0.98__6.2______20____4
0645-0745___0.96__6.2______43____8

TOTAL_______1.94__6.2______63___12


MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
_____-6___-5___-4___-3___-2___-1___0___1___2___3___4___5___6


PER___0____1____0____3____2____4___3___5__14__16___8___7___0
SPO___0____0____0____0____0____0___0___0___1___0___5___5___0



Cheers and Salud everyone,

Joseph D. Assmus
San Diego, CA USA