(meteorobs) Only One Geminid Seen Dec. 15/16 - Greenbelt, MD
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Dec 16 10:13:06 EST 2014
Fellow Meteor Observers,
I was clouded out on both the 13/14 and 14/15, but finally had marginal
conditions here in Greenbelt, Maryland at the City of Greenbelt Observatory
last night from about 2:00 to 2:20 UT. There was lots of high Cirrus clouds
and a LM of only about 4.0, but I managed to see three meteors, only one
of which was a Geminid. Despite the crappy conditions, at least I saw one
fairly nice 2nd magn. Geminid. Of the other two, one was an Antihelion and
the other was a fine 2nd magnitude MON with a pretty yellow-green color.
Date Time (UT) Obst, LM
12/16/14 2:00-2:20 40% 4.0
1 ANT 3rd magn. white
1 MON 2nd magn. yellow-green
1 GEM 2nd magn. white
Starry Skies,
GWG
On 12/15/14, 1:43 PM, jarnac wrote:
> 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
>
>
> At 10:00 AM 12/15/2014, you wrote:
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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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>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> 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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>> 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)
>>
>> Average GEM magnitude= +2.09
>>
>> 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.
>> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
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>> Hi everyone.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi All ..
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> Date: 2014 12 14 UT
>>
>> Site: 29.10 N , 110.97 W.
>>
>> Time:
>>
>> all night ...............
>>
>>
>>
>> note:
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>> mg: Estimate..
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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)
>>
>>
>> 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)
>>
>> __________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>> 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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