(meteorobs) Observations Nov 21 from Hawaii

[Michael Linnolt]

I awoke early the morning of the 21st to attempt AMO observations around the predicted peak time of 15UT. The Moon was near the zenith which made for difficult conditions to observe, since the optimal high FOV was in the direct moon glare, and low FOV was obstructed by objects near the horizon. So, I concentrated at 30-40° elevation, hence F=0.9

Nevertheless, the sky was very clear and I got a reasonable LM until twilight began to set in at the end of period #2. Some AMO were seen. No major outburst, but they constituted the majority of meteors seen, even though thats not saying much as there was generally low and faint activity. I would guess the AMO activity seemed to peak around 1520 UT, but its only a sample of 5 meteors.

Hope we can get some more observations from east asia to cover the 16UT period too.

Mike Linnolt

REPORT FOLLOWS:
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OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
DATE: Nov 21, 2005
TIME: 1459 - 1555 UT
LOC: Kula, Maui, Hawaii (20° 45' N, 156° 20' W)
ELEV: 1000 meters
Conditions: Clear. Temp 60F.
METHOD: Paper

Observing Periods Summary:
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# Period(UT) FOV    Teff   F    LM   AMO ERI LEO ZPU ANT SPO
- ---------- ---    ----   -    ---  --- --- --- --- --- ---
1 1459-1530 07h-20  0.50  0.90  5.5   4   0   1   0   0   2
2 1530-1546 08h-20  0.25  0.90  5.4   1   0   0   0   0   1
3 1546-1556 08h-10  0.17  0.90  4.7   0   0   0   0   0   0

Periods Detail:
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Period #1:
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Mag -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
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AMO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  0  0 = 4
ERI: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
LEO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0 = 1
ZPU: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
ANT: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
SPO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0 = 2

DEAD TIME: 1 min

Period #2:
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Mag -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
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AMO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 = 1
ERI: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
LEO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
ZPU: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
ANT: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
SPO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 = 1

DEAD TIME: 1 min

Period #3:
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Mag -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1  0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
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AMO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
ERI: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
LEO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
ZPU: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
ANT: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
SPO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0

DEAD TIME: 0 min
NOTE: Strong twilight developing.

END OF REPORT