(meteorobs) URSIDS 12/22/04 UT from southern Maryland
tom6740
tom6740 at yahoo.com.cn
Sun Dec 26 03:06:30 EST 2004
It sounds interesting. When I went to Mt.Huo-lu to observe Perseids
and Mars last year, three policemen came and asked what I was
doing. "Observing Mars," I replied, then they looked through my 6"
refractor and said, "...great!". I enjoyed that night very much,
hahaha.
--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Wilson" <meteorrr at w...>
wrote:
> Something very similar to that also happened to me Richard last
year. Mine
> was a State Park Officer who chewed and spat tobacco and
investigated the
> inside of the van looking for who knows what. I think he also was
a little
> puzzled by why some guy would be sitting out in the middle of
nowhere (sort
> of). He wanted to know if I had been drinking or not. I told him
I didn't
> drink but I dont think he believed me. I guess I should carry a
scope
> around with me just to make things more believable.
>
> Jeff W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Taibi" <rjtaibi at h...>
> To: <meteorobs at m...>
> Cc: <mcbal.gwyvre at v...>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:48 PM
> Subject: (meteorobs) URSIDS 12/22/04 UT from southern Maryland
>
>
> > Hi to all,
> >
> > Variable cloudiness all night, 12/21-22, made the probability of
seeing
> any
> > meteors look very poor. Unexpectedly, the sky went all clear at
430 am
> EST
> > (930 UT 12/22). I was able to get to my light polluted
McKendree site at
> > 10:22 UT for a half-hour observation until 10:52 UT. At that
point the
> dawn
> > was approaching and even more of problem were two Anne Arundel
County
> > (Maryland) Police officers who came to investigate a citizen's
report of
> > suspicious activity. Yes, it was me. No, I wasn't arrested,
but one cop
> > thought it was hilarious that a man would get out of a warm bed
to lie in
> a
> > sleeping bag at 0 degrees Celsius and watch stars FOR NO
PAYMENT!!
> > Someone's tax dollars at work!
> >
> > I estimate only getting 20 decent, uninterrupted minutes of
observation
> out
> > of 30. But, in that 20 minutes, I saw a -2 and two, +2 Ursids!
With the
> > advantage of this late posting and seeing Wes Stone's and Robin
Gray's
> > western US results, I think that the Ursids had a good showing
this year.
> > In past mediocre years, I only see 1-3 Ursids in one or two
hours. This
> is
> > another demonstration that the shower deserves watching yearly
at least
> > until perihelion passage of Comet Tuttle in 2008.
> >
> > My details:
> >
> > Observer: TAIRI
> >
> > Date: December 22, 2004 UT Time: 10:22-10:52 UT Lm=5.2 F=1.25
> Teff=0.33
> > Field ctr=UMa
> >
> > Site: McKendree, MD, USA
> >
> > URS: -2, +2, +2
> >
> > Best wishes, Rich
> >
> >
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