(meteorobs) Geminids Obs near peak (night of Dec 13-14) from Hawaii.
Michael Linnolt
mlinnolt at alum.mit.edu
Thu Dec 14 16:22:46 EST 2006
We had some typical trade wind weather conditions last night for the Geminids peak here in Hawaii. Some passing clouds interfered somewhat, but overall I had a pretty good show observing from my backyard in the suburbs of Honolulu.
Limiting magnitude was a good 5.5-5.6 in moderate light pollution, due to lack of moonlight and generally transparent skies. I guess I was in about the ideal location this year, as the peak occured around midnight, just before moonrise!
Activity was quite reasonable, with a total of 33 GEM seen in an hour. Pretty well distributed in brightness too, with quite a few bright ones to make for an exciting session. A mag -4 near-fireball was the most impressive one. It appeared that the activity was higher between 0930-10UT, an hour before the predicted 1045UT peak, than 10-1030UT however.
REPORT FOLLOWS:
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OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
TIME: 0930 - 1032 UT
LOC: Honolulu, Hawaii (21° 16' N, 157° 48' W)
ELEV: 230 feet
Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Temp 70F.
METHOD: Paper
Observing Periods Summary:
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# Period(UT) FOV Teff F LM GEM SPO
- ---------- --- ---- - --- --- ---
1 0930-1001 04h+10 0.50 1.3 5.5 19 2
1 1001-1032 05h+10 0.50 1.2 5.6 14 4
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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GEM: 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 4 0 = 19
SPO: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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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GEM: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 4 0 = 14
SPO: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 = 4
DEAD TIME: 1 min
END OF REPORT
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