(meteorobs) Geminids 12/13, 2012

[Michael Boschat]

Hi:

  My meteor report from tonight in Halifax - now overcast!.

Date : December 13/14,2012
Begin: 22:00 UT
End:   23:00 UT
Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lat: N 44d 39'
Long: W 63d 36m
Elev: 57m
Recording Method: Eye


Start  End    Teff    LM     Gem  Spo   Total   Cloud
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22:00  23:00  1.00    4.0     2    0      2      90%


Magnitudes:  -4  -3
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Gem           1   1
Spo           -   -


Average Magnitudes:  GEM= -3.5


Comments: At start of session a -4 Geminid Earthgrazer
          white in color took about 5 seconds to cover
          almost 44 degrees, it had an elongated head with a
          few small red pieces breaking away.



Clear skies
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Michael Boschat
Halifax Center- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
web page: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063