(meteorobs) Perseid Obs. 8/12/08 - Greenbelt, MD
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Aug 12 11:59:45 EDT 2008
Northway Fields Observatory - Greenbelt, Maryland
August 11/12, 2008
We had great weather here; so I decided to observe locally, despite
the light pollution and a limiting magnitude of 5.2 or 5.3. From 7:00
to 9:00 UT I was able to see 74 meteors, 58 of which were Perseids.
About one in four Perseids left a visible train.
The average Perseid was a bright 1.1 magnitude, but I am sure I missed
most of the faint ones due to the light pollution. The best Perseid was
a -3 blue-green Perseid seen at 3:18 UT. There were also two of -2, three
of -1, and nine of 0 magnitude.
Time (UT) LM %Obst. KCG CAP ANT SDA PER NPX SPX SPO Total
07:00-08:00 5.3 0% 0 0 1 2 24 0 0 4 31
08:00-09:00 5.2 0% 1 1 1 1 34 0 1 4 43
FOV 7-8 UT=03.8+32
8-9 UT=04.8+29
Magnitude Distributions (07:00-09:00 UT)
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 total Ave.
KCG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4.0
CAP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.0
ANT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4.0
SDA 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2.7
PER 1 2 3 9 21 12 6 4 58 1.1
NPX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
SPX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.0
SPO 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 8 3.1
Clear Skies,
GWG
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