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

[putmi]

Well, when I read your 1977 experience, this sounds a bit like what 
I saw  during the early morning hours from august 12 this year. It 
was awesome ! Everywhere perseids where I looked in the sky, despite 
the moon and the twillight ! Many bright ones, including fireballs. 
I got my highest Perseid rate ever : 134. To be continued in 2005 ! 
That's for sure ! 

Long trains from Belgium,

Michel. 

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at y...> wrote:
> 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 h...> 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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