(meteorobs) Observation December 13/14 2006 (long report and pictures)

[josephasmus at cox.net]

Diito that Bruce

Another excellent report, Pierre... thanks for taking the time to write such a thorough report.  I think I've been reading your reports for about 10 years now and you do really provide MeteorObs with an exemplary meteor observing report, complete with interesting narrative and great data.  And for this report,  you even provided us with some nice photos(!) and even a short mpg movie.   I thoroughly enjoyed reading this as well as your GEM post-max night report.  Thank you Pierre for your continuing contributions as they are much enjoyed on this end.  Keep up the great work!

Joseph
San Diego, CA




---- bmccurdy at telusplanet.net wrote: 
> Pierre Martin wrote: 
> 
> > I was determined to not miss this year's Geminids. ...  
> > I didn't expect this to turn into a 1800km (1100 miles) expedition  
> > into central Tennessee but here goes...  
> 
>    Fantastic report, Pierre! I'm delighted to hear your extraordinary efforts 
> were so richly rewarded. Nice pix, too.
> 
> > The rates were steady every hour but reached a crescendo  
> > late at night.  Between 2:30am and 4:30am, the Geminids exceeded 100  
> > meteors per hour even though the rising crescent moon had caused a  
> > slight drop in my overall LM, and the Geminids radiant was lower in  
> > the western sky.
> 
>    I noticed the same thing in Alberta; with the Moon rising and the radiant 
> dropping I anticipated rates to flatten out but I had my best hour at the end 
> of the night.
>  
> > I also noticed four very swift, faint, short meteors from the apex area near 
> Leo.
> 
>    Would these have been Coma Berenicids? I don't see any mention of them in 
> your summary. 
> 
>    Bruce
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