(meteorobs) July 15/16 2016 observations from North Florida - Anincredible run!

[Paul Jones]

Thank you, Koen.  Always my pleasure to share.  Best of luck in Provence,
hopefully that glorious Mediterranean summer high pressure dome I knew so
well in Sicily will serve you again in August.  I think the PERs are really
going rip and roar for us this year!!

Best of luck, Paul J

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Koen Miskotte <k.miskotte at upcmail.nl>
wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> Thanks for your july reports. It was fun reading them.
> Unfortunately, between 10 june and 17 july we had not a single clear night
> in the Netherlands. There were some partial clear nights good for all sky
> and CAMS work, but not good enought to do some serious observations.
> In the period of August 2 to August 14 I will observe the Perseids from
> Revest du Bion, Provence, Southern France. Together with Michel Vandeputte
> and his family. Hope the weather there is fine, just as it was in 2013 and
> 2015.
> Best wishes and good luck for the coming weeks.
> Regards,
> Koen
>
>
> *From:* Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 16, 2016 5:41 PM
> *To:* Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> *Subject:* (meteorobs) July 15/16 2016 observations from North Florida -
> Anincredible run!
>
> Greetings yet again all,
>      For a truly amazing sixth morning in a row and thanks to the glorious
> Bermuda High, I was able to get out for another look at the pre-dawn meteor
> activity from Butler Beach.  As usual, there was a lot going on indeed!
>
>      I got there just before 0330 EDT, with the moon still up but sinking
> fast in the west.  My new friend the shrimp boat "city of lights" was there
> again, but farther offshore this time and well to the NE of me -
> thankfully...;o).  Thin shreds of cirrus clouds covered a good chunk of the
> far northern sky, but the rest of the sky was perfect.  I was pumped to get
> started!
>
>     I began observing at 0335 EDT, and in the mere 13 minutes from then
> until the moon set at 0348 EDT,  I saw 6 meteors with 3 of them being
> PERs!  It was obvious right away that this morning was going to be a rerun
> of yesterday morning and it hardly let up from there.
>
> Here's the results:
>
> Observed for radiants:
>
> CAP - alpha Capricornids
> SCA- sigma Capricornids
> JPE - July Pegasids
> PPS - pi Piscids
> CAN - C Andromedids
> ANT - Anthelions
> PER - Perseids
> PSA - psi Cassiopeids
> SDA - South delta Aquariids
>
>
> July 15/16 2016, observer: Paul Jones, Location: Butler Beach, Florida
> (about three miles south of St. Augustine, Beach, Florida), Lat: 29.79 N,
> Long: 81.26 W., LM: 6.5, clear, Facing: east
>
> 0335 - 0435 EDT (0735 - 0835 UT), Teff: 1.0 hour, No breaks
> 8 PER: +1(2), +2(2). +3(2), +4, +5
> 3 SDA: +2, +3(2)
> 1 PPS: +3
> 1 PSA: +4
> 1 CAP: +1
> 1 SCA: +2
> 2 JPE: +2, +3
> 1 ANT: +3
> 13 SPO: +1(2), +2, +3(4). +4(3), +5(3)
> 31 total meteors
>
> 9 of the 31 meteors left trains, several of the PERs were distinctly
> yellow in color.
>
>
> 0435 - 0505 EDT (0835 - 0905 UT), Teff: .5 hour, No Breaks
> 3 PER: -3, +2 +4
> 2 SDA: +2, +3
> 1 CAP: +2
> 9 SPO: +1(2), +2(2), +3(2). +4(2), +5
> 16 total meteors
>
> 6 of the 16 meteors left trains, the -3 PER was white with a short train,
> one of the SPOs was a blue-white +1 with a three second train.
>
>      The predictably busy first hour featured a surprising 8 PERs and 3
> nice SDAs low in the southern sky.  The first hour ended at 0435 EDT and
> then two minutes later, at 0437 EDT, I picked the -3 PER off the SE
> horizon, barely five degrees up, it lit up the cirrus haze down near the
> horizon!  It would have been a real beauty had it split the
> meridian...maybe even a fireball ;o).
>
>      I was able to "take it to the limit" observing this morning as the
> waxing moon will pretty much take over things now for many nights.  As soon
> as it begins to clear the sky again later this month, I hope to be back at
> it again to see if the Bermuda High will keep on doing its thing for us.
> Sure hope so, LOTS more to see up there...
>
> Clear skies all, Paul J in North Florida
>
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