(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
> nmcleod at peganet.com
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