(meteorobs) Post-post Peak (15/16) Geminds
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Dec 17 10:47:52 EST 2007
Post-maximum Geminids from Greenbelt, Maryland
December 14/15, 2007 - 390016N 0765233W
Because of the prospects for bad weather in Mathias, West Virginia on
Saturday night, I decided to observe the Geminids locally in Greenbelt,
Maryland, despite the marginal conditions, on Friday/Saturday night
December
14/15. I was hoping to get two hours in, but haze and clouds put an end to
my session after 90 minutes. However, with a LM that varied from 5.0 to 4.4
(4.7 average), I was still able to see an impressive number of bright
Geminids.
From 3:05 UT to 4:35 UT, I was able to see 20 Geminids, with an average
brightness of 1.0 magnitude! I was also able to see a few Antihelions,
a couple Monocerotids, and one lone Sigma Hydrid. The best Geminids were
a -2 blue-green beauty seen at 3:43 UT, and a nice -3 yellow-green one
seen at 3:56 UT. This was a pretty good show considering the haze and light
pollution. Below is a short brakedown of what was observed.
Time (UT) LM %Obst. ANT GEM HYD MON SPO Total FOV Comments
3:05-4:05 4.8 15% 2 12 1 2 4 21 8.0+23 hazy
4:05-4:35 4.6 20% 1 8 0 0 3 12 7.3+17 more hazy
Magnitude Distributions (3:05-4:35 UT)
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 total Ave.
ANT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3.7
GEM 1 1 0 4 7 4 1 2 20 1.0
HYD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.0
MON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4.0
SPO 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 7 3.0
GWG
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