(meteorobs) Perseids from Yellowstone

[Gregg Pasterick]

Howdy sleepy meteor folks...
 
...I was gonna ignore the peak this year, but then came news of the possible outburst so out I went...
 
My wife and I found a piece of ground along the Madison River, in Yellowstone National Park, and began counting meteors at 1:00am MDT. During that first hour I counted 37 Perseids and 5 other meteors. During the second hour (beginning at 2:00am) I counted 45 Perseids and 1 other. By 3:00am the sky was pale and unhealthy looking with monlight. I counted 7 Perseids and 1 other meteor during the next 15 minutes and then gave it up at 3:15.
 
45 of my 89 Perseids were mag. 0.0 or brighter (last year, in the desert of southern Cal., there were very few bright Perseids). My average magnitude was +0.93.
 
The most impressive sight was a pair of simultaneous Perseids, side by side, which streaked between Lyra and Cygnus, covering about 20 deg. of sky. One was mag. -3.0, while the other was mag. -4.0. The brighter of the two displayed a train that lasted about 10 seconds...
 
It was a great 2.25 hours of Perseids; brought back lots of memories of meteor showers in the '80s and '90s...



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Gregg,
yer restless Gypsy Innkeeper and Midlife Crisis sufferer... 
 
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