(meteorobs) Gem 12-12-06 Time Correction -GWG
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Dec 12 11:21:02 EST 2006
CORRECTION: Due to lack of sleep, I forgot to double check
my times, which were an hour off, corrected below.
Pre-maximum Geminids - Dec. 11/12, 2006
Greenbelt, Maryland - 390016N 0765233W
It was going to cloud up for the next few days here; so I decided to
look for some pre-maximum Geminids locally. From 3:10 to 5:10 UT I was
able to see 13 Geminids, with an average limiting magnitude of 5.1 with
5% clouds. The average Geminid was 2.1 magnitude, but the best meteor of
the session was a -1 magnitude yellow-orange Geminid with a .5 second wake
seen at 3:01 UT. The second best meteor was a 1st magnitude long trailed
Sigma Hydrid grazer seen the second hour at 3:24 UT. Below is a short list
of the meteor activity seen,
Time (UT) LM %Obst. XOR MON GEM HYD SPO Total FOV Comments
03:10-05:10 5.0 0% 2 0 6 0 3 11 5.9+38 some
haze
03:10-05:10 5.2 10% 2 2 7 1 7 19 7.6+32 few
clouds
Geminid Magnitude Distributions (3:10-5:10 UT) LM=5.1 5% clouds
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Ave. Total
XOR 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2.2 4
MON 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.5 2
GEM 1 0 5 2 2 2 1 2.1 13
HYD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1
SPO 0 0 1 2 1 6 0 3.2 10
Clear Skies,
GWG
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