(meteorobs) Geminids 13/14 Dec Central Texas

[Ed Cannon]

It's been a while.  It was nice to do some 
meteor observing again, even just counting.

13/14 December (14 December 2010 UTC)

Location: 30.43N, 97.24W (central Texas, USA)

Limiting Magnitude +5.4 (faintest star, 34 Lyn)

Focus:  Altitude 75, Azimuth 0

09:00-05 GEM 3 Other 1
09:06-11 GEM 8 Other 1
09:12-17 GEM 10 Other 0
09:18-23 GEM 9 Other 0
09:24-29 GEM 9 Other 0
09:30-35 GEM 3 Other 0
09:36-41 GEM 8 Other 0
09:42-47 GEM 4 Other 0
09:48-53 GEM 6 Other 0
09:54-59 GEM 3 Other 0
10:00-05 GEM 3 Other 1
10:06-11 GEM 8 Other 0
10:12-17 GEM 8 Other 0
10:18-23 GEM 3 Other 0
10:24-29 GEM 9 Other 0
10:30-35 GEM 6 Other 0
10:36-41 GEM 4 Other 0
10:42-47 car
10:48-53 GEM 6 Other 1
10:54-59 GEM 7 Other 0

Teff = 95 minutes = 1.583 hour

GEM = 117; Other = 4

The sky was very clear and stable throughout.  I 
may have seen fainter stars, but 34 Lyn was visible
throughout.

I wish I had gotten started an hour or more earlier.  
After a longer nap than intended, not having a known 
site, I drove too much to find a reasonable random
location.  (I have found better in that direction 
before.)  During the session I was not warm enough, 
but not badly so.  I had to quit when I did because 
after 11:00 (local 5:00 AM) cars started passing by 
every couple of minutes!  (Before that there was only 
the one at about 10:45.)  Oh, well, I needed to get 
going home by then anyway.

By the way, I casually saw ten GEMs in the evening
before (between 3:04 and 3:43 UTC, but no Teff) from 
the suburbs, LM maybe +4.5, while satellite observing
and just standing there looking up into the sky for a
while.

Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA