(meteorobs) Re: meteorobs Digest, Vol 8, Issue 22
rahmahu at petronas.com.my
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Mon Dec 13 20:14:22 EST 2004
Date: 14-dec-04
From: Abd Rahman Husin
Subject: Meteors and two Fireball
Good Day everybody!
This is my first time watching a very enjoyable period of the meteor
shower. I was woke up by a message by a friend
(Rosdin Mokhtar)mentioning there will be a heavy meteor shower with the
climax from 0500 to 0600 Malaysian Local Time.I and my son (Abdul Muiezz)
were gifted to watched approximately 12 bright shower which equivalent to
the Sirius's brightness. There were two(2) very bright meteors with a fire
head follow by a long tail : one is at 90 deg. and the other one is about
45 deg. latitude.
Thanks again to my informative friends.
Heaven and earth
A Rahman B Husin
Melaka, Malaysia.
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Today's Topics:
1. GEM 2004 Form Tianjin China (wAyNe. LAMOST)
2. RE: Meteor reflection rate building quickly (Andy Smith)
3. Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13 (Norman W. McLeod III)
4. Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13 (Kim Youmans)
5. 12/12/04-Mostly clouds at southern Maryland (Richard Taibi)
6. Geminids Report Dec.12/13 (=?gb2312?B?0rY=?=)
7. obs.period.2004.12.10-12 (Mikhail Maslov)
8. Fwd: Fireball Report Dec 12, 2004 / 11:37 UT, Seattle (Lew Gramer)
9. Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13 (josephasmus at cox.net)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:53:33 +0800
From: "wAyNe. LAMOST" <wuhao5319 at hotmail.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) GEM 2004 Form Tianjin China
To: visual at imo.net, meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Cc: lamost423 at 126.com
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Visual Observing Form - Summary Report
Day:11/12 Month:12 Year:2004 Begin: 19h17m (UT) End: 20h47m(UT)
Location long: 117d 27m 02s latit: 39d 18m 01s height: 10m
Site: Qilihai, NingHe county ,Tianjin Country: China
Observer: Hao Wu
Showers:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Shw |alpha|delta| Shw |alpha|delta| Shw |alpha|delta| Shw |alpha|delta|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| GEM | 109| +33 | COM | 169 | +27 | HYD | 169 | +27 | MON | 101 |+8 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| XOR | 090| +23 |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
| Period |Field |Teff| F | lm | GEM| COM|HYD| MON| ___| ___| ___|Spor|
| (UT) |RA Dec| h | | m |M| N|M| N|M| N|M|N|M| N|M| N|M| N|M| N|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
1|1917-2047|109|+33|1.5|1.0|5.34|c|14|c| 0|c| 4|c|1| | | | | | |c|21 |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Shower |-6|-5|-4|-3| -2| -1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +7| tot|
|--------|--|--|--|--|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|
|GEM | 0| 0| 0| 0| 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 14 |
|--------|--|--|--|--|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|
|COM | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
|--------|--|--|--|--|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|
|HYD | 0| 0| 0| 0| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 |
|--------|--|--|--|--|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|
|MON | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 |
|--------|--|--|--|--|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|----|
|spor. | 0| 0| 0| 0| 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2| 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 21 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reverse of the Visual Observing Form
Interval from 1917 to 2047
-----------------------------------------------
|Time(UT)| Nr | N | lm|Time(UT)| Nr | N | lm|
|---------------------------------------------|
| 1917 | 4 | 7 |5.34| 2047 | 4 | 7 |5.34
-----------------------------------------------
Mean limiting magnitude Lm: 6.20(same as on summary report)
------------------------------------------- ----------------
| Obscured Field | % | Obscured Field | % | | Breaks |
|-------------------------------------------| |----------------|
| 17:37to 18:31 | 0 | _____ to _____ | __ | | 0 |
------------------------------------------- ----------------
K= 0, F=1/(1-K)= 1 (same as on summary report)
Time for plotting: 0 sec/meteor, 0 m total, Breaks: 0 m total.
Net observed time Teff= 60 m = 1.00 h (same as on summary report.
Detail Information for observed meteors:
# TIME(UT) MAG VEL. COLOR SHOWER TRAIN MAP ACCURACY
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 1920 -1 3 w SPO
2 1923 -1 3 w GEM
3 1923 -2 3 w GEM
4 1924 1 4 w SPO
5 1925 0 3 w SPO
6 1926 2 4 w GEM
7 1929 1 4 w SPO
8 1931 1 4 w GEM
9 1933 2 5 w SPO
10 1933 1 4 w SPO
11 1936 2 4 w SPO
12 1937 1 4 w GEM
13 1938 3 4 w GEM
14 1941 2 4 w SPO
15 1942 2 4 w GEM
16 1947 1 4 w SPO
17 1949 2 5 w GEM
18 1949 2 3 w GEM
19 1951 -1 3 w HYD
20 1952 2 4 w SPO
21 1954 4 3 w SPO
22 1956 -2 3 w SPO
23 1956 2 3 w SPO
24 1957 1 4 w SPO
25 1959 3 3 w GEM
26 2000 1 3 w SPO
27 2014 1 3 w GEM
28 2014 -2 3 w HYD
29 2015 2 4 w SPO
30 2015 2 4 w HYD
31 2016 2 4 w HYD
32 2016 1 3 w GEM
33 2022 1 3 w GEM
34 2024 2 4 w MON
35 2026 1 5 w SPO
36 2027 2 4 w GEM
37 2029 2 4 w SPO
38 2030 1 4 w SPO
39 2035 3 4 w SPO
40 2040 3 4 w GEM
VELOCITY (VEL.) SCALE:
0 = Stationary
1 = Very Slow
2 = Slow
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast
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REMARKS:
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:01:04 -0000
From: "Andy Smith" <television at television.f9.co.uk>
Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Meteor reflection rate building quickly
To: "MeteorObs" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>, "Richard Kramer"
<kramer at sria.com>
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Hi Richard,
Java was never what it was cracked up to be, was it?
Alternative instructions can be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/w6pv/audio_alt.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kramer [mailto:kramer at sria.com]
Sent: 13 December 2004 03:05
To: andy-mobs at television.f9.co.uk
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Meteor reflection rate building quickly
At 12:03 AM 12/13/04 +0000, you wrote:
>Live audio is running on my site from my receivers for those who want to
>"hear" the Geminids.
Andy,
I can't get to your live audio because the link on your webpage uses a java
call which isn't getting through my firewall. Is there a direct URL you
could provide which would connect me directly to your live audio?
Regards,
Richard
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:02:09 -0500
From: "Norman W. McLeod III" <nmcleod at peganet.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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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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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:31:38 -0500
From: "Kim Youmans" <ksyo at bellsouth.net>
Subject: (meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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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
> ---
> Mailing list meteorobs
> meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:20:32 -0500
From: "Richard Taibi" <rjtaibi at hotmail.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) 12/12/04-Mostly clouds at southern Maryland
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
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Hi all,
The mid-Atlantic is, as usual stormy at Gemini season. I succeeded in
getting 35 minutes of clear sky on the morning of 12/12. I had hoped to
get
a full hour and waited around the additional 25 minutes, but no luck. A
consolation however, was to see a -4 fireball thru a cloud gap during the
last 25 mins. It had a nice two-second train too. Because most posters
are
using five-minute intervals, I'll do likewise for my few meteors. Good
luck
to every one!
Date: 12/12/04 UT Interval: 730-805UT Teff= 0.58 Lm=5 F=1.02
Location: McKendree Maryland, USA, approx. 77 deg W. longitude; approx 39
deg. N. Latitude.
Observer: TAIRI
GEM: +1 (1); +2 (1); +3 (0); +4 (2)
Sigma Hydrids: +3 (1)
Total: 5 meteors
730-735 UT: 0 meteors
735-740 0
740-745 2X +4 GEMs
745-750 +3 Sigma Hydrid; +2 GEM
750-755 0 meteors
755-800 +1 GEM
800-805 0 meteors
Richard Taibi
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:24:44 +0800
From: "=?gb2312?B?0rY=?=" <yedawei at 163.net>
Subject: (meteorobs) Geminids Report Dec.12/13
To: "meteorobs" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Message-ID: <BAY22-DAV101C5619903D6D3390EE29BCAB0 at phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
Hello all,
I went to Mt.Huolu for Geminids last night. The sky was very clear, and I
watch for about 1 hour. 10 Geminids observed, but which made me very
disappointed is none of them brighter than 0mag.! Bad luck. So I hope it
will have a great show tonight for us.
Best wishes,
Quanzhi
Visual Observing Form - Summary Report
Day: 12/13 Month: 12 Year: 2004 Begin: 17 h 05 m End: 18 h 02 m (UT)
Location: lon. 113 10'00" E lat. 23 16'00" N
height: 140 m
Site: Mt.Huolu, Guangzhou
Country: China
Observer: Quanzhi YE IMO code: YE QU
Showers:
Shower Alpha Delta
GEM | 109 | +33
Observed number of meteors per period and per shower
Period |RA |Dec| Teff| F | lm | gem| spor
1705-1802|120|-10|0.900|1.00|5.01|c, 10|c, 7
Magnitude distribution (for the entire observation)
Show|< -5| -5| -4| -3| -2| -1| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6|> 6| tot
gem | | | | | | | 2| 1| 1| 3| 3| | | | 10
spor| | | | | 1| | | 1| 4| | 1| | | | 7
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:33:06 +0600
From: Mikhail Maslov <ast0 at mail.ru>
Subject: (meteorobs) obs.period.2004.12.10-12
To: rarlt at aip.de, meteors at comcast.net, meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Message-ID: <1682739205.20041213203306 at mail.ru>
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Hello.
On 12/13 December I had cloudy sky and snowing almost all the time,
but I managed to observe a little during one of
small windows. Conditions were bad, snow didn't stop even in this
window, but during 17 minutes I saw 3 bright Geminid
meteors.
Visual Observing Form - Summary Report
Day: 12 Month:12 Year:2004; Begin: 17h 30m; End: 17h 47m
Location: long. 82°57'E; latit. 54°57'N; IMO code:99999
Site: NOVOSIBIRSK; Country:RUSSIA
Observer: MASLOV MIKHAIL; IMO code:MASMI
----------------------------
|. Period, UT |... Moon ...|Radiants altitude
|.............|-----|------|--------------------
|.............|phase|height|XOR|HYD|MON|GEM|COM|
|-------------|------------|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30-17:47 | --- |. bh .| 55| 20| 40| 55| 17|
------------------------------------------------
Air temperature: begin -13°C, end -13°C
Meteor data:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|time, UT .|...apparent path...|color|mag. |ang.|Show.|Remarks......|
|(duration,|---------|---------|.....|.....|vel,|.....|.............|
|sec)......|..begin..|...end...|.....|.....|deg/|.....|.............|
|..........|.RA..|dec|.RA..|dec|.....|.....|sec |.....|.............|
|----------|-----|---|-----|---|-----|-----|----|-----|-------------|
|17:35(1.5)|-----|---|-----|---|white|-1.0 | 17 | GEM |.............|
|----------|-----|---|-----|---|-----|-----|----|-----|-------------|
|17:37(1.0)|-----|---|-----|---|white| 1.0 | 13 | GEM |.............|
|----------|-----|---|-----|---|-----|-----|----|-----|-------------|
|17:42(2.0)|-----|---|-----|---|white|-3.0 | 14 | GEM |.............|
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| Period......|..Field..|Teff| F | lm |XOR |HYD |MON |GEM |COM |SPO |
|..(UT).......| RA..|Dec|..h |...| m..|M| N|M| N|M| N|M| N|M| N|M| N|
|-------------|-----|---|----|---|----|-|--|-|--|-|--|-|--|-|--|-|--|
| 17:30-17:47 |05:37|+30|0.26|1.2| 3.6|c| 0|c| 0|c| 0|c| 3|c| 0|c| 0|
|-------------|-----|---|----|---|----|-|--|-|--|-|--|-|--|-|--|-|--|
| Total ..... |-----|---|0.26|1.2| 3.6|c| 0|c| 0|c| 0|c| 3|c| 0|c| 0|
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
|Shower| -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 |. 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 |
|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| XOR..|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| HYD..|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| MON..|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| GEM..|....|....| 1.0|....| 1.0|....| 1.0|....|....|....|....|
|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| COM..|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
|------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| SPO..|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best regards, Mikhail Maslov
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:29:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Lew Gramer <mameteors at yahoo.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) Fwd: Fireball Report Dec 12, 2004 / 11:37 UT,
Seattle
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Message-ID: <20041213162943.48261.qmail at web20926.mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
--- anonymous at atmob.org wrote:
> Date: 13 Dec 2004 00:50:06 -0000
> From: anonymous at atmob.org
> To: NAMN Fireball Reports <namn at namnmeteors.org>
> Subject: Fireball Report Dec 12, 2004 / 11:37 UT, Seattle
>
> ----
>
> Your Name? Bob Eramia
>
>
> Your Town/State/Country? Seattle, WA
>
>
> Date and Time? Dec 12, 2004 / 11:37 UT
>
>
> What compass direction did the fireball appear from? S
>
>
> What compass direction did the fireball DISAPPEAR from? S
>
>
> How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the sky? 1-2
>
>
> How many degrees off the horizon was it when it APPEARED?
> (As a reference, a closed fist held at arm's length is
> approximately 10 degrees.)
> 65
>
>
> How many degrees off the horizon was it when it DISAPPEARED? 45
>
>
> How bright did it appear?
> Like a star, Venus, the Moon, or the setting Sun?
> > Venus & < Moon
>
>
> Did it have any color(s)? Green head + red in trail
>
>
> Did it appear to fall apart as it went by? What did that look like?
> no, larg bright green head & normal trail
>
>
> Did it leave a persistent streak in the sky after it was gone?
> How long did that last?
> no
>
>
> How fast did it move? Use a 1 to 5 scale, 1 being
> VERY slow, and 5 being extremely quick.
> 2
>
>
> Did you hear a sound?
> If yes, what was the time delay from sighting to sound?
> no
>
>
> What is the closest Town/State to where you saw the fireball?
> Seattle
>
>
> Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings, etc. below:
> Large, very bright (mag est. -10). Traveled SSE to a point W of the
head of
> Hydra. It had a distinct greenish color and brightened as it moved, then
it
> suddenly vanish. Some reddish color visible in fainter trailing portion.
Not
> much to compare brightness against. It was defiantly much brighter than
Venus
> ever gets and not as bright as the Moon.
=====
Lew Gramer <dedalus at alum.mit.edu>
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:39:10 -0500
From: <josephasmus at cox.net>
Subject: (meteorobs) Geminid first impression 2004 Dec 12/13
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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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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> > meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> > http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
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