(meteorobs) geminids in Louisiana

David E. Hostetter dehostetter at cox-internet.com
Tue Dec 14 02:20:19 EST 2004


Hi:

This is a very informal preliminary report and I'll send better information
as soon as I can.  I could only observe briefly because of mild illness and
a 14 hour work day Tuesday.

December 14, 5:45 - 6:45 UT, New Iberia, LA  USA
91 degrees 46.8 minutes W, 29 degrees 59.5 minutes N
limiting magnitude 5.75
field 10% obscured by trees

reporting only Geminids at this time

5:45 - 5:50 UT:  4 Geminids
5:50 - 5:55 UT:  2 Geminids
5:55 - 6:00 UT:  0 Geminids
6:00 - 6:05 UT:  0 Geminids
6:05 - 6:10 UT:  1 Geminid
6:10 - 6:15 UT:  2 Geminids
6:15 - 6:20 UT:  0 Geminids
6:20 - 6:25 UT:  2 Geminids
6:25 - 6:30 UT:  4 Geminids
6:30 - 6:35 UT:  1 Geminid
6:35 - 6:40 UT:  2 Geminids
6:40 - 6:45 UT:  2 Geminids
Total                 20 Geminids in 56 minutes of teff

These are pretty good rates for my sky through my trifocals!  Hope everyone
else is having a productive evening.

David E. Hostetter



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