(meteorobs) Another GEM Times Correction -GWG

[George Gliba]

CORRECTION: Due to lack of sleep, I forgot to double check
            my times AGAIN, 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
03:10-04:10   5.0    0%    2    0    6    0    3    11    5.9+38    some 
haze
04:10-05:10   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