(meteorobs) HALWA at NJAA Dec 8, 2008

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UT Date Dec 8, 2008. brutally cold morning. For personal safety reasons, I limited myself to 2 hours. When observing alone, I'm conservative, since with no one around, the risk of hypothermia is on my mind.

Same location as all observations, the NJAA Observatory.


// Shower section
shower	GEM 106 +33
shower	HYD 124 +02
shower	MON 098 +08
shower	CBE 151 +35
shower	ANT 088 +23
shower	NOO 100 +17

F=1.00 throughout. Both periods exactly 1.000 hours Teff , so meteors per hour not listed.
FOV 090, +22; 105, +22

UT Time    LM   GEM HYD MON CBE ANT NOO SPO TOT
0712-0812 +5.43  3       1        0        2       1       1       3     11
0812-0912 +5.40  0       0        0        0       0       0       5      5
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0712-0912  +5.42  3      1       0        2       1        1       8      16

Total meteors 16 (8.0/Hr) Avg Mag +2.06

3 GEM (1.5/Hr) Avg Mag +0.2
1 HYD (0.5/Hr) Mag +3.5
0 MON
2 CBE (1.0/Hr) Avg Mag +2.5
1 ANT (0.5/Hr) Mag +0.5
1 NOO (0.5/Hr) Mag +4
8 SPO (4.0/Hr) Avg Mag +2.44

All meteors counted using alignment cord for accuracy, data recorded on audio tape.
Shower CBE, RA 151, Dec +35, velocity 64; taken from Sirko Molau's shower # 130.
This is before the CBE working list start date.
Shower NOO (November omega Orionids), RA 100, Dec +17, velocity 45; 
Sirko Molau's shower 118, also IAU shower # 250.
Brutally cold night for me. Coldest since the Quadrantids.
Temp -9 C (16 F) with gusty 10-15 mph (4-8 m/sec) wind. 
For that reason I limited myself to two hours beginning just after moonset.