(meteorobs) Aug 13 Perseid Observation

[Shy Halatzi]

You need to record yourself and time a 100 or more meteors accurately, and
then produce the distribution of time intervals between the meteors, and see
if it's a Poisson's
distribution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution> or
something else. I believe you will get the Poisson's distribution and the
clumpiness feeling will prove to be just a feeling.

Shy

P.S.
You also have to make sure the ZHR doesn't vary greatly during this
experiment, which is difficult to do. Perhaps you could normalize it
somehow.
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שי חלצי Shy Halatzi
חבר ועד האגודה הישראלית לאסטרונומיה
Israeli Astronomical Association Board Member
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shy.halatzi at gmail.com


On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Pat <pat_branch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I too observed a clumpiness to them. I would get 3 or 4 in a 5 minute
> period then nothing for 15-20 minutes.
>
> I observed this morning 8/13 from North of Dallas Texas from 4am to 5:15am
> CDT. Very clear skys but light pollution limited magnitude to 3.5 (5th star
> of Cassiopeia was barely seeable). Planted in a laid back beach reclining
> beach chair with my feet pointed toward Perseus. A house behind me took out
> the south view and one to my right took out the SE view and general
> obstructions took out about 5 degrees around the horizon.
> Eyes pointed generally up and slightly east of Cassiopeia I had a 60 deg by
> 120 deg FOV. In an hour and 15 minutes of observing I saw 12 Perseids and 1
> SPO.
>
> Long: 33.1542N Long and -96.6935W lat Elevation: 720 feet
>
> 09:00-10:15 UT 78 deg F; wind calm; Very clear; LM 3.5;
> total teff 1.1 hour.
> Kappa Cygnids: none
> Perseids: twelve: -2; -1; 0(1); +1(2); +2(5); +3(4)
> Sporadics: one: -2(1)
> Total meteors: thirteen
>
>
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