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

Tommy Lim KW tommylim at emcs.com.my
Wed Aug 25 20:53:03 EDT 2004


I also saw about 30 perseids in Malaysia. Including fireballs. The sky 
was clear enough. We stay until 3 am local time in the morning.

Clear skies.

Tommy
Malaysia

On Thursday, August 26, 2004, at 03:02 am, putmi wrote:

> 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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