(meteorobs) Perseids in Hawaii

[M Linnolt]

Generally, Hawaii is not the best place for this
shower, due to the low radiant elevation in the north.
And, it certainly lived up to its reputation out here,
as I counted just 3 PER in an hour of observing. Same
number of ANT were seen, but of course, that radiant
was much higher, so I guess I can conclude the ZHR of
the Perseids must have been greater than any other
meteors last night. All of the Perseids were long
earth-grazers, which certainly did make them look
impressive. One in particular left a very "dusty"
trail of sparkling debris as it went by! Pretty cool.

REPORT FOLLOWS:
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OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
TIME: 0858 - 1000 UT
LOC: Honolulu, Hawaii (21° 16' N, 157° 48' W)
ELEV: 230 feet
Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Temp 72F.
METHOD: Paper

Observing Periods Summary:
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# Period(UT) FOV    Teff   F    LM   PER ANT SPO
- ---------- ---    ----   -    ---  --- --- ---
1 0858-1000 19h+00  1.00  1.3   5.2   3   3   1


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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PER: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  0  0 = 3
ANT: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2  0 = 3
SPO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0 = 1

DEAD TIME: 2 min


END OF REPORT



       
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