(meteorobs) geminids from Olathe, KS dec13

[KCStarguy at aol.com]

on dec 13, I took my deck chair and sleepingbag out to watch the Geminids 
before I had to go to teach and which the moon had sun near the horizon. I 
usually go to obervatory, 20 minutes south but I did not have time so I sat next to 
my house, blocking out lights to the South . 
5:10- 6:10
(I could only see towards the South from the Zenith- the roof of the house 
blocked the north but that was better then sitting between the trees in the 
North and the HOuse and seeing just a little slit of a sky above and to east and 
west)
partial light clouds 1/3 of the time

6 Geminids, 1 sporadic
of these
3 whites
2 yellows 
1 blue
4 - 1 mag
1 -3rd mag
1 - zero mag

no firebalss :(
the   most memorable this period was   one was at 5:28 Central when a yellow 
1st magnitude Geminid took a leisurly trip .75 seconds to cover 5 degrees 
while headed toward the western horizon out of the radiant. No train though. 

On to the Quadrantids 

Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy at aol.com), 
member,   ASKC-Astronomical Society of Kansas City,
Olathe, KS. USA,   
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