(meteorobs) Geminids from Central Virginia (13/14 DEC 2004)
FELIX A MARTINEZ
suejam1 at juno.com
Tue Dec 14 22:14:06 EST 2004
Now that Kiddies are in bed and sleeping, I can do my report for my
Geminid Observing Session from last night (13/14 DEC).
Mainly looked through large holes in the clouds, casually, from my
Backyard Patio in Amherst County, Virginia (37-26N/079-07W), for about
the first 45 minutes of observing, while the clouds cleared. I saw the
following meteors:
0247 UT Gem 2.0 Yellow
0308 Gem 3.0
0314 Spor 4.0
0315 Gem 0.0 Green
0320 Gem 3.0
0322 Gem 2.0 Blue
0324 Spor 5.0
0328 Gem -1 Yellow
0329 Gem 0.0 Yellow
0330 - 0335 UT was Dead Time while setting up in the back of Pickup Truck
and trekking out to the middle of Backyard Field. Five Minute Bins as
follows:
(Time) (#) (Magnitudes)
0335-0340 UT 1 Gem 0
0340-0345 3 Gem 2/4/4
0345-0350 3 Gem 5/4/0
0350-0355 2 Gem 2/5
0355-0400 3 Gem 1/2/5
0400-0405 4 Gem -1/3/4/3
0405-0410 1 Gem 2 and 1 Spor 1
0410-0415 1 Gem 2 and 1 Spor 5
0415-0420 1 Gem 0
0420-0425 NO METEORS
0425-0430 No Gems and 1 X Ori -1
0430-0435 4 Gem 1/2/0/4
0435-0440 2 Gem 4/5
0440-0445 2 Gem 1/3
0445-0450 1 Gem 3
0450-0455 1 Gem 2 and 1 Spor 5
0455-0500 1 Gem 1
0500-0505 1 Gem 1 and 1 Mono 3
0505-0510 1 Gem 1 and 1 Spor 4
0510-0515 2 Gem 3/1
0515-0520 2 Gem 1/3
0520-0525 3 Gem 6/1/0
0525-0530 1 Gem 5
0530-0535 4 Gem 0/1/4/3
0535-0540 NO METEORS
0540-0545 2 Gem 4/1
0545-0550 2 Gem 2/2
0550-0555 1 Gem 1 and 2 Spor 5/-1
0555-0600 1 Gem 0
0600-0605 1 Gem 1 and 1 Spor 3
0605-0610 NO METEORS
0610-0615 1 Gem -2 and 2 Spor 4/1
0615-0620 1 Gem 3
0620-0625 1 Spor
6
0625-0630 3 Gem 0/1/2 and 1 Spor 5
0630-0635 2 Gem 3/1
0635-0640 2 Gem 0/1
0640-0645 4 Gem -3/-1/3/1 and 2 Spor 4/4
0645-0650 3 Gem 1/2/2
0650-0655 4 Gem 2/4/-2/4 and 1 Spor 2
0655-0700 4 Gem 3/4/2/5
0700-0705 5 Gem 1/2/-2/1/1
0705-0710 2 Gem 0/4 and 1 Spor 3 (while
picking up)
>From 0335-0710 UT I observed under skies of LM 6.2 with slight cloud
cover (only 25-30% obscured), which allowed me to look to the clear
portions of the sky with not too much difficulty. Air Temperatures were
indeed below freezing and with a steady breeze that gusted a few times
above 15 knots. By the time I crawled back into bed around 0230 EST, I
felt like a popsicle (even my Wife Suzannah commented on how cold I
felt)! All in all, this was a very enjoyable night that seemed
reminiscent of some of my Geminid sessions from days gone by (late 70's
in Southern Florida)!!
In Astronomical Affinity - Felix
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:21:38 -0500 "Richard Taibi" <rjtaibi at hotmail.com>
writes:
> This observation was conducted from a darker sky site than my
> "usual." It
> borders on the Potomac River, to the south, and across that is the
> Northern
> Neck of Virginia. The sky was excellent with no clouds at all. I
> was able
> to make an hour and thirty-five minutes of binned observations until
> my
> radio clock failed. This report is the binned data. Another
> posting will
> detail the "binless" data from this morning.
>
> Date: 12/14/2004 Time: 225-400 UT Teff= 1.58 hours F= 1.00 Lm=
> 6.1
>
> Location: Newburg, MD, USA approx 77 degrees West Longitude; approx
> 38.5
> degrees North Latitude, elevation approx sea level.
>
> Observer: TAIRI
>
> TIME BIN SHOWER AND MAGNITUDES PER BIN
>
> 225-230UT +1 GEM
>
> 230-235UT +3 GEM
>
> 235-240 GEM: -1, +1, +2 TOTAL=3
>
> 240-245 0 GEM
>
> 245-250 GEM: 0, +2, +5 TOTAL=3
>
> 250-255 GEM: -2, +2, +3, +4 TOTAL=4
>
> 255-300 SPO: +1, GEM: +3
>
> 300-305 NO METEORS
>
> 305-310 GEM: +1, +3, +3 TOTAL=3
>
> 310-315 GEM: -1, +3; XOR: +2
>
> 315-320 GEM: 0, 0, +2, +2 TOTAL=4
>
> 320-325 GEM: +2, +4 TOTAL= 2
>
> 325-330 GEM: -1, +2, +3 TOTAL=3
>
> 330-335 GEM: 0, 0, +3 TOTAL=3
>
> 335-340 SPO: +2; GEM:+3
>
> 340-345 GEM: +2
>
> 345-350 GEM: +1, +2, +2, +3 TOTAL= 4
>
> 350-355 SPO: +2; GEM: +3, +3
>
> 355-400 GEM: -2, +1 TOTAL= 2
>
>
> TOTALS GEM: 41 (average rate of 26 per hour)
>
> SPO: 3
>
> XOR: 1
>
> BEST WISHES FOR THE YEAR END/ HOLIDAY SEASON! RICH TAIBI
>
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