(meteorobs) Geminids from South Carolina CORRECTION
meteors at comcast.net
meteors at comcast.net
Sun Dec 14 20:28:57 EST 2014
Thanks to Lew Gramer for catching my cut & paste error.....it is true I
didn't see any AMOs but I meant to say I saw no MONs!
Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
meteors at comcast.net
namn at namnmeteors.org
North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
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On 12/14/2014 1:57 PM, meteors at comcast.net wrote:
> Arrived at Givhan’s Ferry State Park near Charleston, South Carolina
> with crystal clear skies full of the winter’s bright stars. Jenion, one
> of my astronomy club members, had arrived before me and was already
> recording Geminids with his digital camera. He stayed an additional 30
> minutes or so at which time the cold drove him to pack up his gear and
> head home.
>
> I began observing at 2250 local time and ended near midnight as the moon
> became present. In 1.18 hours of observing I saw 44 Geminids, the
> brightest being -5.0. All told, I recorded 5 negative magnitude
> Geminids. But the highlight came at 2300 hours when I witnessed two
> simultaneous 3.0 magnitude Geminids traveling away from the radiant 90
> degrees from each other.
>
> It seemed to be a nice return based on the early evening activity.
> Throughout my watch I could see flashes of bright meteors scattered
> across the sky just outside my observing “window”. All in all, a nice
> session.
>
> Below is my report:
>
> Date TIME Field Teff F LM ANT AMO GEM SPO
> Dec 13/14 0350-0501 75+10(SE) 1.18 1.00 5.75 1 0 44 7
>
>
> MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION: (m)n
> Dec 13/14:
> 0350-0501
> ANT: (-5)0; (-3)0; (-2)1; (-1)0; (0)0; (+1)0; (+2)0; (+3)0; (+4)0; (+5)0
> GEM: (-5)1; (-3)1; (-2)1; (-1)2; (0)4; (+1)11; (+2)10; (+3)10; (+4)4; (+5)0
> SPO: (-5)0; (-3)0; (-2)0; (-1)0; (0)1; (+1)2; (+2)1; (+3)1; (+4)1; (+5)1
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