(meteorobs) Geminid Obs. 12/14/12 - Greenbelt, MD

[George Gliba]

              Geminid Maximum Visual Observations
                 City of Greenbelt Observatory
          December 13/14, 2012 - Greenbelt, Maryland

We has clear skies for the Geminid maximum, and even though
it was a work night, and I had to walk for 30 minutes each
way to and from the City of Greenbelt Observatory, which
took another hour, I was able to get a good hour of meteor
observing in. However, it was worth it, as I saw many nice
Geminids.  The best was a -4 seen at 4:44 UT, and a -3 seen
at 3:58 UT.  The average Geminid was 0.8, but I am sure I
missed most of the faint ones due to light pollution.

12/14/12 - FOV=6.7 +14 - Facing East, haze & light pollution

Time (UT)  LM  Obst. ANT MON GEM SPO Total   Comments
3:51-4:51  5.1  0%    2   1   31  5   39     some haze

Magn. Distributions 12/14/12, 0% obst. (3:51-4:51 UT, LM=5.1)
      -4 -3 -2 -1  0  1  2  3  4  Total  Ave.
ANT   0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0    2    2.0
MON   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1    1    4.0
GEM   1  1  1  4  4 11  4  2  3   31    0.8
SPO   0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  3    5    3.0

Starry Skies,
GWG