(meteorobs) Post-post Peak (15/16) Geminds

[George Gliba]

             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

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