(meteorobs) Quick Impressions from East GA

[meteorsga at bellsouth.net]

I had excellent clear skies here is East Central Georgia, but had to pick and choose my time as it was a work night, so I decided for two hours just after the 7:00 UT peak, which also gave me a higher radiant.

Like Pierre and Wayne, I had many minutes with multiple Quads and several negative magnitude members.  I won't know my actual rates until I transcribe my tape, but it appears I was seeing better than 1/minute on average...

Kim Youmans

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From: meteoreye at comcast.net
>
> I spent the night observing with Pierre Martin and his friend Todd who drove 
> from Ottawa to NJ in search of clear skies.
> 
> They probably should have gone another hour or so south as clouds intervened 
> from 2AM (7UT) to 5 AM (10 UT). Before the clouds, with the radiant < 20 
> degrees, Quad rates were slow. However as it started to clear we could see many 
> negative magnitude Quads through the thin clouds. Pierre and I got about an hour 
> in once it cleared before twilight. Rates seemed quite high; we had many minutes 
> with 3 or 4 Quads. Several Fireball class were also seen.
> 
> And reminiscent of the 2001 Leonids, the bright meteors contined until a few 
> minutes before sunrise.
> 
> After a nap, I'll digest my tape, Pierre is driving back as I type, so he 
> probably won't get his analyzed until tomorrow. He also had 2 cameras operating 
> and snagged a few, from a quick scan of the images.
> 
> The NJAA all sky camera worked OK unil about 3 AM EST, when (probably from the 
> cold) it developed a noise problem.
> 
> It was cold (12F, -11C) but with much less wind then last night it was more 
> comfortable.
> 
> It was great to observe with my NAMN friend Pierre again; we're working on 
> reeling in Todd to the science of meteor observing :)
> 
> Nighty nite for now...
> 
> 
> Wayne, from the frozen tundra of the NJAA Observatory.
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