(meteorobs) Quick Report: Geminids from South Carolina

[Kim Youmans]

I had a similar situation as you did, Mark...it was brutally cold and windy here 
in East Central GA but very clear and dry, and I went out and casually observed 
Monday night from 11:00PM to 1:00 AM and had very fine rates quite similar to 
yours of about 30-40 Geminds each hour...but I was unable to access my cold 
weather foot wear that night so the cold forced me indoors after two hours...

Kim Youmans




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From: "meteors at comcast.net" <meteors at comcast.net>
To: "Mail List, MeteorObs" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Cc: "McBeath, Alastair" <meteor at popastro.com>
Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 7:57:04 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Quick Report: Geminids from South Carolina

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
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