(meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13

[josephasmus at cox.net]

Hi all,

Our conditions here in the San Diego mountains were just perfect for our GUEST observer... Last night Bob Lunsford  and I were joined by long-time list member Wayne Hally who was on the West Coast for business and was cooly able to drive down and accompany us for a wonderful GREAT night of meteorobs!  It was very nice to fionally meet Wayne after reading his posts on this list since the mid-90s! 

Activiy was heavy... Meteors shooting all night in every direction, and so early as well!  I tallied from 10pm - 1am and was kept constantly busy.  Like last night, there were many many faint Geminids.  

Tonight, before heading out for my 3 night in a row with Bob, I will hopefully get a chance to comb thru the data and write up 2 reports.

Cheers,

Joseph Assmus
San Diego




> 
> From: "Kim Youmans" <ksyo at bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/12/13 Mon AM 08:31:38 EST
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Subject: (meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13
> 
> 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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