(meteorobs) Quick Report: Geminids from South Carolina

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I have been fortunate to have clear skies for the past three mornings and was able to watch some of the Geminid activity each morning. On December 12/13, a cold front moved through with the clouds departing the coast shortly after midnight local time. Temperatures dropped to near record lows (causing me to shorten my sessions each morning). The following morning (December 13/14), we again had clear skies, near record low temperatures, plus a 15 to 25 mph wind. The wind made it brutally cold, compounded by the fact it is normally nowhere near that cold so I had limited cold weather gear. Below is a quick listing of my sessions:

December 12/13, 2010

UT Time     LM   ANT   GEM   HYD   MON   SPO
0726-0826  5.00   1     9     0     0     8
0826-0926  5.01   0    10     0     1     7


December 13/14, 2010

UT Time     LM   ANT   GEM   HYD   MON   SPO
0600-0704  5.02   2     32    0     1     9
0726-0845  5.11   2     37    1     0     15

I also observed this morning for 2 hours but have not had time to look at the data yet as I have to go in to work. I believe I saw about 20 Geminids over the 2 hours.

Full reports and updates to the NAMN website will probably begin tomorrow after I catch up on sleep.

I look forward to hearing how everyone else did.

Mark Davis
meteors at comcast.net
namnmeteors at namnmeteors.org