(meteorobs) Perseids From Northern Maine

[DAVID DICKINSON]

Dear Sirs,
   Below are what I've observed over the last few
mornings...unfortunately, we were clouded out the
morning of the 13th.

Day : 1,12,14   Month : August  Year : 2007	
begin :     End : 
Location : Saint Froid Lake, ME  Country : USA long.
W68.603 40 Lat. N47.008 
elevation: 400 ft
Observer : David Dickinson  
Method : counting – digital voice recorder.

Observed Showers : 

Perseids (47)

Interval analysis 

Periods       Teff    Lm     Per     SPOR
(1Aug)
0811UT        0.5	4.0	0	0	        
(12Aug)
0609UT        1.02	5.5	14	0
0703UT	      0.5       4.5     7	0
0739UT	      0.5	4.0     4       0
(14Aug)
0623UT	      1.02     5.5	22	4

 	 
Total= 51 meteors        

Remarks

-	Clear, moonless sky, Except on the 1st, with a
waning gibbous moon.   deep astronomical twilight
towards end of sessions with almost no light
pollution.  
-	Several short, swift meteors with a few leaving
trains.   

At the Twin Dogs Observatory,

Dave Dickinson



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