(meteorobs) Perseids success!!!!!!

[Koen Miskotte]

Hi Pierre,
Great story and congratulationas. I'm curious of your photo's.
I'm just back from a small journey to the eastern parts of our country (The 
Netherlands) at the public observatory Comos near the small village Lattrop 
( it lies about 200 meters of the Dutch/German border). After some rain and 
thunder we had a clear sky between 22:30 and 04:20 UT. What a great show the 
Perseids give! Many bright Perseids, amongst them a-4 , -5 and a really 
brilliant -10 Perseid. It left a persistent train of 60 seconds visible for 
the naked eye. Unfortunately this big meteor appeared just outside the field 
of view of my Canon 40D, but I was fast enought to aim the camera on the 
persistent  train and take many pictures of it.
And during 13 images of 45 seconds the train is easely visisble. Later I 
will try to make a movie of it.
I think I did see 300-350 meteors this night. In think it is the best 
Perseid show since 1993 (outburst 11/12: ZHR 300) and 2004 (a small outburst 
of weak meteors with a ZHR of 180-200, later that night many bright 
meteors).
I also hope to catch some metors in the coming night!
Best wishes, Koen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Martin" <dob14.5 at sympatico.ca>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:58 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids success!!!!!!


> Ivo Leupi and I had a terrific night of Perseids observing /
> photography.  We travelled 2 hours west of Ottawa within a deep dark
> area, near Bon Echo Park, where a clear hole was predicted to occur
> around midnight.
>
> What a night!!!  The forecast lived up to expectation.  With wide-
> open skies approaching 7th mag, the two of us must have totaled a few
> hundreds of meteors until dawn.  It was quite a decent shower.  Best
> were a couple of mag -4 to -5 fireballs that Ivo's camera captured
> well.  I took notes of the clumping effects as well.  I still need to
> review my photos to see if I've managed to capture anything.
>
> I'll listen to the tape, crunch some numbers and report Perseids in
> more details tomorrow.  For now, I need a nap.  Might possibly head
> to Moose Creek for a bit more meteor observing late tonight, if the
> weather cooperates.
>
> - tired Pierre
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