(meteorobs) Perseids from North Carolina

Tom Morgan bassman at intrex.net
Fri Aug 12 12:36:35 EDT 2005


Finally had a clear Perseid night here In North Carolina. Lms wernt ideal, but was able to observe
some 1 sec trains, two -4 earth grazers, and at 5:38
two Perseids bursted from radiant.
Things spiked here between 7 and 8 Ut then dropped to
1 observed every 10 minutes to nothing.
Formal Report as follows

11/12 05        3:45UT-8:45UT
Thom Morgan     Clayton NC USA
782530W         353730N    300ft elev.
Temp 72         Humidty 65%
Dead time 5min    Teff 4.91
Breaks    600UT- 605UT (:

Sky Obscured 0%
Observed PER    KCG    SPOR

Ob Time UT    FOV        Teff  F  LM  PER  KCG  SPOR

3:45-4:00    1700R 3055D  .25  15 5.5
4:00-5:00    "      "     1.0  60 5.5  2
5:00-6:00    "      "     1.0  60 6    5         1
6:06-7:00    "      "     .91  55 6    1         2
7:00-8:00    "      "     1.0  60 6    15   2    5
8:00-8:45    "      "     .75  45 5.5  3         2

Magnitude Distributions

        -4    -3    -2    -1    0    1    2    3
PERS          1     4     6          5    7    4

KCG           1            1     

SPOR    2     3     4     1

Clear skies everyone- and looking forward to reading evryone's reports






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