(meteorobs) Observation December 10/11, 2004 from Slovenia

[Javor Kac]

After being under the low-lying clouds for the whole week I was 
eager to observe this Fryday night. I headed for the site where we 
held the last Astronomical Youth Camp. At 800-900 m altitude I 
passed through the thin layer of clouds and soon saw the stars - 
for the first time in weeks! When I arrived to the site I could see the 
clouds bellow with reflections of the cities in the valley, but no 
perceptible light domes above the clouds.

The meteor numbers were quite high with 46 recorded in two hours 
of observations. The dominant shower were of course the Geminids 
with 21 members recorded. Other showers were detectable as well. 
The sporadic numbers were quite low despite respectable limiting 
magnitude, probably because I was not well rested. The best 
meteor was a short and slow magnitude +1 Geminid seen just to 
the west of the radiant. It left a one-second train.
I had to end the observation because my observing mate (not 
observing meteors) almost froze after two hours.

The weather predictions are very good for the Central Europe for the 
next few days so I think I will observe more in the following nights.

Clear skies!
Javor

Date: December 10/11 2004
Begin: 22h 19m UT
End: 00h 19m UT
Location: 15° 27' 30" E, 46° 26' 17" N, 1185 m
Place: Trije kralji, Slovenia (23114)
Observer : Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT) Teff   F   Lm  GEM XOR MON HYD Spor
22:19-23:19 1.00 1.00 6.89  8   1   2   1   8
23:19-00:19 1.00 1.00 6.81 13   0   1   1  11

Magnitude distributions:
GEM: -2(1) -1(0) 0(4) +1(3) +2(3) +3(4) +4(4) +5(1) +6(1)
XOR: +4(1)
MON: +3(1) +4(0) +5(2)
HYD: +2(1) +3(0) +4(0) +5(1)
Spor: +3(4) +4(6) +5(7) +6(2)

Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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