(meteorobs) Observation 24/05/2004

[Daniel Gruen]

Hi!

Here is my observation report from last night.

Greetings

Daniel

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Day:24  Month:05  Year:2004
Begin: 22h16m   End: 23h08m

Location  long. E9d26'25"  latit. N48d51'57"

Site: Winnenden-Birkmannsweiler, near Stuttgart
Country: Germany

Observer: Daniel GRUEN   IMO code: GRUDA
Any questions? Mail me (daniel_gruen at web.de)

Showers:
.-------------------------------------
| Shw.|alpha|delta|veloc.|a.h|HR |eZHR|
|--------------------------*-------~--|
| SAG | 256d| -23d|sl-med|15d| 0 |  0 |
| SPO | --- | --- | ---- | - |6.3| -- |
.-------------------------------------
these figures are taken from the current
AMS Meteor Activity Outlook by Robert Lunsford
* average radiant height (est.)
~ estimated with r=3.0, deltalm=0.0 and est. radiant height

Periods:
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| Period....|Field....|Teff|.F..|.lm.|SAG|SPO|
|..(UT).....|RA...Dec.|..h.|....|.m..|M|N|M|N|
|--------------------------------------------|
|22:16-23:08|259d|+37d|0.80|1.00|5.50|P|0|P|5|
 --------------------------------------------

Magnitude Distribution:
 -----------------------------------------------------
|Shower.| -3| -2| -1|+-0| +1| +2| +3| +4| +5|avg.| tot|
|-------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|----|----|
| SPO. .| - | - | - |2.0| - |1.0| - |2.0| - |2.00| 05 |
 -----------------------------------------------------

Train Distribution:
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|dur.|5s|4s|3s|2s|1s|<*|no|tot|
|----|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|
|SPO |--|--|--|--|--| 1| 4| 5 |
 -----------------------------
 * these trains persisted only for a few tenth of a second

Meteor Data:
(caution: I changed the order of the coordinates from
XBeg-YBeg-XEnd-YEnd to XBeg-XEnd-YBeg-YEnd)
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|No| Time| Mag|Vel|Shw|Train|XBeg|XEnd|YBeg|YEnd|Map|Acc|
|--|-----|----|---|---|-----|----|----|----|----|---|---|
|25|22:31| 2.0| 3 |SPO| --- | 251| 275| 055| 066| 3 | 3 |
|26|22:42| 0.0| 4 |SPO| --- | 143| 100| 227| 238| 1 | 3 |
|27|22:59| 4.0| 4 |SPO| --- | 192| 202| 133| 121| 3 | 2 |
|28|23:03| 4.0| 4 |SPO| --- | 129| 203| 180| 195| 3 | 2 |
|29|23:04| 0.0| 2 |SPO| 0.5s| 254| 266| 161| 131| 3 | 2 |
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enumeration starts in the 02/01/2004 session
all coordinates in mm from the lower left corner of the map
velocity scale:
1 - very slow; 2 - slow; 3 - medium; 4 - fast; 5 - very fast

Comments: My first observation after a longer break in
April - good to see the night sky again. Activity was not
so high in the first minutes but increased towards the end
of my observation when I had to face the fact that nights
in May can still be quite cold if you're not prepared enough.

Please note: d = degrees, all times in UT
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