(meteorobs) Perseids from Oregon August 12

[Wes Stone]

After yet another cloud-plagued Perseid night (August 13th observations to 
follow shortly), I got around to listening to my tape for August 12th.

Overall results: 118 Perseids and 12 other meteors in 2.64 hours of Teff 
(yawn). Any enhancement in rates around 8:00UT doesn't really stand out in 
the (mostly) 15-minute intervals below, but 8:00-8:30 was the best 30-minute 
interval. The Perseids were bright, sporadics were few and faint, and minor 
showers almost nonexistent (Aquarid complex wasn't monitored early because 
of the clouds).


Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2009 August 11/12

8:00 - 8:15UT: 16 PER, 3 Spo (0.244 hours Teff, LM=6.31, F=1.58)

8:15 - 8:30UT: 13 PER, 1 Spo (0.244 hours Teff, LM=6.35, F=1.30)

8:30 - 8:45UT: 8 PER, 1 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.42, F=1.20)

8:45 - 9:00UT: 16 PER, 0 Spo (0.244 hours Teff, LM=6.37, F=1.20)

9:00 - 9:15UT: 6 PER, 1 CAP, 0 Spo (0.247 hours Teff, LM=6.41, F=1.32)

9:15 - 9:30UT: 11 PER, 1 Spo (0.244 hours Teff, LM=6.35, F=1.23)

9:30 - 10:00UT: 12 PER, 3 Spo (0.427 hours Teff, LM=6.40, F=1.18)

10:00 - 10:15UT: 13 PER, 1 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.27, F=1.18)

10:15 - 10:30UT:  8 PER, 1 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.26, F=1.14)

10:30 - 10:45UT: 15 PER, 0 Spo (0.244 hours Teff, LM=6.26, F=1.11)

Magnitude distributions:
PER: -5(1), -4(1), -2(1), -1(5), 0(13), +1(21), +2(36), +3(28), +4(12) 
mean=1.8
CAP: +2(1)
Spo: +2(2), +3(6), +4(3) mean=3.1

Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
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So he slept on a mountain.
In a sleeping bag underneath the stars
he would lie awake and count them.
And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way
would never let him die alone.
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