(meteorobs) BRIGHT Geminids last night (Dec 14/15)

[Koen Miskotte]

Hello Pierre,
As usual really nice pictures!
I hope I find some time to listen to my digital recorder this evening and 
write down my observations (first 13/14-12).
Best wishes,
Koen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Martin" <dob14.5 at sympatico.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:46 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) BRIGHT Geminids last night (Dec 14/15)


> Hi Koen,
>
> It sounds like you had a terrific year for the Geminids!  Three clear
> nights centered on the peak night... Congrats!  By the current
> activity profile on the IMO's site, it seems like an unusually good
> return of Geminids!
>
> During the post-max night (Dec 14/15 2007), I managed to capture
> several nice meteors with my two cameras.  Here's some results...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/36pel8
> Multiple short exposures were taken over a few hours on December 15
> 2007, and then stacked/stitched together to produce this composite.
> This area of the sky faces Hydra and Canes Minor.  Taken with my
> Canon 300D set to ISO 1600 and a 35mm lens at f/2.0. )
>
> http://tinyurl.com/39l9x3
> (Same multiple short exposures and stacking as above, but taken in a
> different part of the sky (facing Ursa Major and Ursa Minor) with my
> second camera... a Canon 30D set to ISO 1600 and a 20mm lens at f/2.8.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2erwfj
> This meteor is not a Geminid, but a late Taurid / antihelion. Taken
> with my Canon 300D, Canon 35mm f/2.0 lens and a 15 sec exposure.
>
> Clear skies,
> - Pierre
>
>
>
>
>
> On 16-Dec-07, at 7:32 AM, Koen Miskotte wrote:
>
>> Hi Pierre,
>> The same goes voor me! In search of clear weather we decided to
>> take a plane
>> (!) to Portugal. There we could observe during three clear nights!
>> I was
>> with my friends Carl Johannink, Michel Vandeputte, Simon
>> Vanderkerken &
>> Inneke Vanderkerken. The location was 30 km east of Evora (~8 degr,
>> east,
>> 38,5 North).
>> 12/13-12
>> Only Michel coulds observe this night.
>>
>> 13/14-12.
>> We had an 8 hour session (21:30-06:30 UT) with many, many Geminids.
>> Limithing magnitudes up to 6.7. I think I did see 800-900 meteors,
>> but I
>> still had no time to listen to my recordings. No really bright
>> fireballs
>> seen.
>>
>> 14/15-12
>> A really great night! During the period 21:00-05:00 UT we had good
>> Geminid
>> activity under bright skie's (Lm 6,6 -6.7). The first hours we had
>> normal
>> activity, but after 00:30 meteors became brighter and brighter. As
>> a team we
>> did see 14 (yes, fourteen) Geminid fireballs between magnitude -4
>> and -8! I
>> never seen so much Geminid fireballs in one night as this year.
>> Geminid
>> activity was declining at the end of the night.
>> Both nights I operated my Canon EOS 40D with a Canon EF 2.8/15 mm
>> fish eye
>> lens. During a short look I saw 20 bright Geminids (amongst them 2
>> fireballs) so a closer inspection of the 1200 images (!) will
>> reveal more
>> meteors.
>> More results later!
>> Best wishes,
>> Koen
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