(meteorobs) A brief pre-max look at the 2012 Perseids from N. Florida

[Paul Jones]

Wow, Bill!  Great catch on that minus five PER fireball!  I tried my best
to conjure up one of those myself this morning, but no such luck...;o).
Let's hope we can all see a bunch of those over the course of these next
three nights.    Speaking of what to expect from the Perseids tonight. I
will always recall the amazing 1977 Perseid shower when a bunch of us here
in St. Augustine saw rates approaching 60/hour from them on the pre-max
morning of Aug 10/11 that year.  I'm not expecting that kind of a display
tonight, but again, hope springs eternal!  Good luck out in OK and for
everyone elsewhere!

Paul in St. Augustine

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Bill Godley <wwgj180 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> I thought things seems a little slow myself.  I was out for an hour,
> centered on midnight, before moonrise last night.  I only saw 2 Perseids
> (radiant was still low, of course) but one was a brilliant,
> colorful, fireball that I would guess was about Mag -5.  Train lasted a few
> seconds.
>
> Bill,
> Coweta, OK
>
>   *From:* Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 10, 2012 9:24 AM
> *Subject:* (meteorobs) A brief pre-max look at the 2012 Perseids from N.
> Florida
>
>  Greetings all,
>      I got out this morning (Aug 9/10)  for a brief, mostly casual look at
> the pre-peak activity from the 2012 Perseids from my driveway here is St.
> Augustine.  I was out a total of 45 minutes from 0400 to 0445 local time
> and could manage only 6 Perseids, 3 sporadics and 1 Aquariid during that
> time.  The brightest Persied was a yellow +2 with a brief train.
> Everything else was +3 or below.   Not much appeared to be happening yet.
> Hopefully, they will pick up considerably!
>      I blocked the 43% sunlit moon out behind trees and overall the skies
> were excellent with a LM of around 5.0.  I don't think I would have missed
> too many meteors and been able to blame the moon for it.  Now, my not so
> young anymore eyes are another matter...;o).
>    I plan to be out each of the next three mornings here for more serious
> watches.  So far, we have had a very soggy August in north Florida, with
> thunderstorms virtually every day.  No sign whatsoever of the drought here
> that has plagued much of the rest of the U. S.  The clouds have been
> clearing nicely after midinght though, so hopefully, that trend will
> continue!
>
> Good luck to all, Paul in St. Augustine, FL
>
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