(meteorobs) Geminid activity

[Bill Godley]

Pierre,

I was observing in Eastern Oklahoma for just under 2
hrs nearly centered around the time you mention
(14.233) and I logged 51 Geminids under magnitude 5.1
skies.  I calculated a rough ZHR of 94 for that time
period.

Thanks,
Bill Godley,
Coweta, OK



--- Pierre Martin <dob14.5 at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hi Jure,
> 
> I also think that there might be maybe a unusual
> structure in the 
> Geminids this year.  The IMO data already shows a
> strong dip in rates 
> at Dec 14.233 which seems to support my memory of a
> significant lull in 
> the shower at the time (enough that I thought the
> Geminids were almost 
> all gone including bright meteors.) .  But oddly,
> the rates seemed to 
> recover nicely later on in the morning and the
> bright meteors appeared 
> too.
> 
> This is only recalling from memory as I haven't
> decoded the data yet, 
> will do so as soon as I can later today.  And then
> see if this can be 
> confirmed.  Maybe it was just a period of very faint
> meteors too.
> 
> Did anyone else notice the effect over the east
> North America on the 
> 13/14th?
> 
> Clear skies!
> 
> - Pierre
> 
> 
> 
> On 15-Dec-04, at 6:52 AM, Jure Atanackov wrote:
> 
> > In light of (preliminary) ZHR data for this year's
> Geminids and 
> > reports* that
> > have been sent to 'meteorobs', can anyone argue
> that there is 
> > significant
> > evidence for the decline of overall Geminid
> activity as compared to 
> > the previous
> > decade?
> > * - I don't think I've ever seen a report with 83
> Gem/h one full night 
> > before
> > the peak!
> > CS!Jure
> >
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