(meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13

Kim Youmans ksyo at bellsouth.net
Mon Dec 13 08:31:38 EST 2004


While I was only able to get in three hours due to work considerations,  I 
had consistantly high rates of roughly 100 meteors/hr this morning.  I 
believe it will amount to at least 80-85 GEMs/hr  when the breakdown is 
complete, which will be later today.

Kim Youmans


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Norman W. McLeod III" <nmcleod at peganet.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 6:02 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13


>I just came in from a 6-hour watch  (1026 pm - 430 am) in rather cool 
>conditions, dropping to the high 40'sF.  Sky was excellent, LM 7.3. 
>Geminids seemed to start off well but then faded.  Definitely not like the 
>same date in past leap years.  I skipped the last hour since so little was 
>going on.  Am thinking I got a couple of hours over 60 Geminids.  Will be 
>tallying them up later today.  Looking more like my thoughts on the Geminid 
>decline are confirmed.  Joan and I plan on going out tonight 9 pm to around 
>2 am to cover the bright Geminid period.  Best seen so far was a  -8m.
>
> Another house has sprung up just 4 blocks west of my site, with a damn 
> light shining through a gap in the pine trees.  I faced SE for a full view 
> with the car blocking the light.  Made use of it to read a big clock 
> without turning my flashlight on.  Guess this site is doomed, one day I 
> will go out there and find a house on it.  Will have to try some other 
> block in the area eventually.  No use having a remote house for astronomy, 
> as someone else will move onto the next lot and ruin the whole place.
>
> The night before, partly cloudy at times from town, I spent 15 minutes 
> here and there just casually watching in big clearings.  So no Geminids at 
> all, but did see a  -3m Delta Arietid with heavy fragmenting at the end.
>
> Norman
>
>
> Norman W. McLeod III
> Staff Advisor
> American Meteor Society
>
> Fort Myers, Florida
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