(meteorobs) A 2014 Geminid Visual Meteor Report

Russell Milton russmilt at gmail.com
Sun Dec 14 02:35:51 EST 2014



Geminid Meteor Shower - Visual Report

Date/time: December 14, 2014, UT 5:45 to 6:45 (December 13, 2014, 9:45 to 10:45 PM PST) - 1 hour

Meteor Counts:
Shower 	= 21	     including 1 = 1.2 mag. (Pollux) and 1 @ 0.4 mag. (Procyon)
Sporadic 	= 3 	     including 1 = 0.1 mag (Capella)

Sky: variable clouds

Naked Eye Limit: magnitude 4 (average, varied from 3.5 to 4.5)

Direction Facing: East at ~60° elevation on average

Percent Sky Obscured: 10% (average) obscured by clouds, trees, etc.

Percent Attention: 95+ percent focused on sky

Observer: Russell Milton

Location: Coos Bay, Oregon

Note - a copy of this report was sent to the American Meteor Society.

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