(meteorobs) My Gemninid counts
jarnac
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Mon Dec 15 13:43:12 EST 2014
Dear friends,
Despite stormy forecasts, both Saturday and Sunday were mostly clear,
and I counted 49 meteors in two hours of observing the first night,
35 meteors the second (again over two hours).
Best wishes for the holidays to all in this group. May 2015 be a
happy and prosperous year.
David H. Levy
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> 1. Re: 2014 GEM peak from Stafford, Virginia (suejam1 at juno.com)
> 2. GEM maximum from southern Maryland (Richard Taibi)
> 3. GEM, Max. Peak , Mex, 2014 12 14 UT. (Dr. S.Aguirre)
> 4. 2014 Geminid observations from north Florida (Paul Jones)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 01:58:32 GMT
>From: "suejam1 at juno.com" <suejam1 at juno.com>
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) 2014 GEM peak from Stafford, Virginia
>To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
>Cc: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
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>Glad to see so many of the familiar names of several Meteor
>Observing Comrades from several decades of viewing those wonderful
>"fleeting spectacles" in the sky! Enduring the bitter Virginia cold
>(-3 degrees C) for most of the 2.42 hours of observing from the deck
>of our Stafford Home (6.0 limiting mag. ), this Florida "fellow" saw
>107 meteors (most were Geminids) between 0210 -0530 UT. Of note,
>my first meteor seen at 0204 UT (while setting up) was a green 1st
>magnitude Geminid and my final meteor observed (0535), before
>getting into a nice warm bed, was a green 1st magnitude
>Geminid. Also, of note was the absence of fireballs last night (may
>try and take one more peek tonight). Brightest Geminid seen was a
>-1 Geminid. Did manage to see a very slow moving meteor out of the
>Deep Southern Sky (December Phoenicid or possible reentry?). It
>certainly was very enjoyable being able to engage in some meteor
>observing, once again! In Meteor Observing Affinity - Felix Felix A.
> Martinez, EdS, Liberty UnivMasters in Education, Lynchburg
> CollegeBS in Space Sciences, Univ of FloridaAssociate Chaplain,
> Potomac Nationals "2014 Carolina League Champions"Diamond Club
> MinistrySenior Naval Science InstructorStafford Senior High
> SchoolFalmouth, VA540-368-1683 Office540-300-1145 Google Universal
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>From: Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com>
>To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) 2014 GEM peak from north Florida
>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:24:16 -0500
>
>
>Hi all, Got in two hours of meteor watching nirvana on the
>meteor moon roof last night before moon rise and the soggy, wet cold
>combined to convince me my warm bed was a more attractive option (I
>envy Lew's 61 degrees on the other end of the state!). Under 6.0
>skies, I had 105 GEMs between 2 UT and 4 UT ( 44 and 61, the GEM
>hourly counts), plus a few SPOs and two ANTs. No fireballs though,
>the best I could do on GEM mags were one -2 and one -1. Lots of
>zeros and +1s still made for a nice show indeed. Lots of
>"spurts and lulls"- periods of nothing, followed by short periods of
>frenzied GEM activity. Had a few near-simultaneous GEMs occur and
>several cases of three or four hitting in quick succession. All
>in all, seemed to me to be a pretty normal year for them, perhaps a
>bit fainter on average than usual. More later when I get all the
>data sorted out Paul in St. Augustine, FL
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:45:52 -0500
>From: Richard Taibi <rjtaibi at hotmail.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) GEM maximum from southern Maryland
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> Clouds persisted over southern Maryland for all of the
> pre-moonrise period December 13/14. However they cleared away
> after local midnight (5 H UT) on the 14th and I drove to Bel Alton
> and watched moonlit Geminids for 2h 50m, from 642-940 UT (8 minute break).
>
>Moonlight lowered the limiting magnitude to +4.8, but the sky was
>clear and cloud-free and I saw an average of one Geminid every two
>minutes, for a total of 81.
>
>I saw nine minus-magnitude GEMs but no fireballs. However on my
>drive home at 10:19 UT, I saw a -6 Geminid and wondered if that was
>the start to a fireball period. (IMO predicted the maximum would
>occur at 12h UT).
>
>Geminid magnitude distribution for the entire observation:
>
>-2 (4)
>-1 (5)
> 0 (6)
>+1 (8)
>+2 (14)
>+3 (30)
>+4 (14)
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>Average GEM magnitude= +2.09
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>It was disappointing to see no fireballs during the session, but the
>Geminid rate was quite good considering the bright moon
>
>Rich
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>Message: 3
>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 03:56:13 +0000
>From: "Dr. S.Aguirre" <drsaguirre at yahoo.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) GEM, Max. Peak , Mex, 2014 12 14 UT.
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>Hi everyone.
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>Hi All ..
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>The Night 2014 12 14 UT , I captured with all sky camera : more than 3
>dozens of GEM. Today I report the brightest. : Geminid (GEM). 09. .
>
>here data:
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>Date: 2014 12 14 UT
>
>Site: 29.10 N , 110.97 W.
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>Time:
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>all night ...............
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>note:
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>mg: Estimate..
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>Please Use translator : web page to English.????
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> Best wishes
>
>Salvador Aguirre.
>AMS.
>Mex.
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>Message: 4
>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:13:31 -0500
>From: Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) 2014 Geminid observations from north Florida
>To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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>Hello again all,
> I finally finished deciphering all the observational data from the
>last three nights. Here goes:
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>Observer: Paul Jones Date: Dec 12/13 2014, Location: 5 miles SW of St.
>Augustine, Florida (Lat: 29.81 N, Long: 81.35 W) LM: 6.0, Sky Condition:
>Clear, Facing: south
>
>0330 - 0430 UT (10:30 - 11:30 p.m. EST) Teff; 1.0 Hour, No breaks
>
>15 GEM
>3 SPO
>18 Total meteors
>
>GEM Mags:
>+1 (1), +2 (3), +3 (5), +4 (4), +5 (2)
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>Observer: Paul Jones Date: Dec 13/14 2014, Location: 5 miles SW of St.
>Augustine, Florida (Lat: 29.81 N, Long: 81.35 W) LM: 6.0, Sky Condition:
>Clear, Facing: south
>
>0300 - 0400 UT (10:00 - 11:00 p.m. EST) Teff; 1.0 Hour, No breaks
>
>44 GEM
>4 SPO
>48 Total meteors
>
>GEM Mags:
>-1 (1), 0 (4), +1 (7), +2 (12), +3 (10), +4 (7), +5 (3)
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>
>0400 - 0500 UT (11:00 pm. - 12:00 a.m. EST) Teff: 1.0 Hour, No breaks
>
>61 GEM
>2 ANT
>5 SPO
>68 Total meteors
>
>GEM Mags:
>-2 (1), 0 (5), +1 (9), +2 (16), +3 (15), +4 (11), +5 (4)
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>Observer: Paul Jones Date: Dec 14/15 2014, Location: 5 miles SW of St.
>Augustine, Florida (Lat: 29.81 N, Long: 81.35 W) LM: 6.0, Sky Condition:
>Clear, Facing: south
>
>0300 - 0400 UT (10:00 - 11:00 p.m. EST) Teff; 1.0 Hour, No breaks
>
>19 GEM
>4 SPO
>23 Total meteors
>
>GEM Mags:
>-1 (1), 0 (2), +1 (1), +2 (5), +3 (5), +4 (3), +5 (2)
>
>0415 - 0445 (11:15 - 11:45 p.m. EST) Teff: .5 Hour, No Breaks
>
>8 GEM
>2 ANT
>5 SPO
>
>GEM Mags:
>0 (1), +1 (1), +2 (2), +3 (2), +4 (1), +5 (1)
>
>As mentioned earlier, all the GEM fireballs seemed to escape me this
>year...:o(. Maybe they just don't like me...;o). But, I did manage to
>catch quite a few of their little brothers.
>
>As mentioned by other folks, virtually no trains were noticed from the
>GEMs, even the brighter ones. Maybe one or two left the tiniest hint of a
>wake behind them, but not even enough to officially call - pretty much
>typical GEM behavior. I didn't see much color in the GEMS I saw either,
>maybe a couple with a yellowish tint and one or two with a bluish tint.
>That was about it.
>
>I look forward to the meteor year 2015: both the PERs and the GEMs near New
>Moon!
>
>Clear skies to all,
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