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

[Paul Jones]

I'm with Bob L., I don't know what caused it either, I just hope it will happen again and that I can see it!  My count for the last full hour before twilight interfered on Aug 11/12, 1977 was 143 Perseids and activity got even higher from there.  I recall standing up as dawn was just beginning and slowly turning around through 360 degrees and seeing a steady "rain" of Perseids falling into the horizons in every direction.  One ten minute count was almost 50 Perseids.  I probably could have easily topped 200 Perseids had that next hour been fully dark.  Nothing else came close until the recent Leonid spectacles.  Perhaps we can have a repeat performance in 2005??
 
Paul in N Florida
putmi <michelvandeputte at hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Paul,

In 1977 (the year of my birth...)there was a close approach between 
Saturn and the Perseid meteoroid cloud. In 1979, same event caused 
by Jupiter.That caused the famous returns during the early 80-s. The 
1977 event ? Would that be the cause of your magnificent Perseid 
display in that year ?

Next close approach with Saturn : 2006/10/8 (Brown and Jones)

Kind regards,

Michel. 


--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Paul Jones wrote:
> 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 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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