(meteorobs) Perseid peak night observation August 11/12, ATAJU

[Paul Jones]

Awesome narrative report indeed, Jure, makes me wish I had been there with you!  Although my obs from Florida this year were no where near as dramatic as yours, I could still tell that the Perseids are feeling much more like their old selves again.  Your narrative here, reminds me very much of my impressions of the 1977 through 1980 Perseid showers, especially 1977, when for a while there, I really thought the Perseids were going into storm mode!   Your report brings back that experience for me, big time.  Thanks again!
 
Paul in N Florida

Jure Atanackov <jureatanackov at email.si> wrote:
Anyway, I began my observation at 19:52UT with the sky at LM 6.7, facing
southeast. Perseid activity was noticeable from the first minute on. Some have
argued, that the activity wasn't impressive or even almost invisible. I
disagree, to me it was quite apparent that unusually strong activity was present
- any time you get 2 PER/min with the radiant at about 27 degrees elevation it
does get your attention. Perseids were abundant, there were several groups of
Perseids just several seconds apart. They were mostly faint, between +3. and +5.
magnitude. Some may speculate that I might be biased by the predictions, but to
tell you the truth (sorry Esko, Jeremy), I expected absolutely nothing out of
ordinary. Therefore, IMHO, the enhancement in activity was obvious as was
obvious the Perseids were fainter than normal. 


		
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