(meteorobs) Meteor Report: August 8/9, 2008 (DAVMA)

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Sat Aug 9 15:43:47 EDT 2008


Shortly after starting observing clouds moved in and ended my session. I 
decided to take a short nap so set the alarm on my cell phone and awoke 
at 4 am to clear skies, allowing a bit more observing. My report is below:


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NAMN Visual Observing Report:
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Aug 8/9, 2008  Begin: 0708 UT  End: 0956 UT
Mark Davis (DAVMA)  Sullivan's Island, SC, USA
79o 44' 47" W,  33o 05' 06" N, h=10m,  IMO Code: 25120

Observed Showers:
ANT 329 -10
CAP 318 -06
KCG 284 +58
PER 045 +57
SDA 349 -13


UT TIME     Field   Teff   F     LM   ANT  CAP  KCG  PER  SDA  SPO
0708-0729  015 +10  0.35  1.00  5.09   0    0    0    1    0    1
0906-0956  015 -05  0.83  1.00  5.36   0    0    1    8    0    5

/ denotes shower not observed; 0 denotes no members observed
Dead Time: 5 seconds/meteor


MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS: (m)n
KCG: (+1)1
PER: (0)3; (+1)1; (+2)2; (+3)2 (+4)1
SPO: (+2)1; (+3)4

Notes:
Break between the two sessions due to clouds. Perseids were fairly
bright this morning - observed three 0.0 magnitude Perseids between
0922-0931 UT.


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