(meteorobs) A 2014 Geminid Visual Meteor Report

[Bruce McCurdy]

Preliminary report of a successful observing session NW of Edmonton. I
haven’t transcribed my recorded notes as yet, but have 48 recordings
including several with multiple meteors, likely 60 or so overall. Mostly
Geminids, with 2-3 Monocerotids and a few others. I lost some time to
setting up cameras, changing batteries, etc. One of our group members who
only observed visually counted 90 meteors in ~2 hours. 

 

The highlight by far was a pair of -4 fireballs that followed very similar
paths in the SW some 30-40 seconds apart that several in our group observed.
I personally had one very bright (-2) near-point meteor bang on the radiant.

 

More to come. 

 

Bruce
***** 

 

From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Russell Milton
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 12:36 AM
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Subject: (meteorobs) A 2014 Geminid Visual Meteor Report

 

 

 

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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