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(meteorobs) Meteor Report July 5/6, 1996
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Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Report July 5/6, 1996
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From: GeoZay@aoldot com
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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 16:17:03 -0400
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METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: July 5/6, 1996 BEGIN: 4h45 UT END: 11h23 UT
OBSERVER : George J. Zay, IMO code: ZAYGE
LOCATION : Long:116 deg 38' 13S West; Lat: 32 50' 00" North
Descanso, Calif. USA; Elevation: 1003 meters
OBSERVED SHOWERS:
SHOWER RA DEC. Diam. ##### SHOWER RA DEC. DIAM.
SAG 289d -22 15X10 #####
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OBSERVING PERIODS: For Plottings, 30 sec/meteor was subtracted
from observing times.
0 = None seen; / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM SAG Spor
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4h45-6h48 240d+60 2.0 1 6.05 3 3
6h48-8h54 267d+53 2.01 1 5.57 0 5
8h54-11h23 285d+60 2.57 1 5.25 2 8
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL
SAG 1 3 1 5
SPOR 1 2 3 2 4 3 1 16
MEAN
SAG = 2.8
SPOR= 2.06 Total: 21
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SKY OBSCURED: 0 Ki X Min = 1
-------- = K'= 0 ------- = F = 1
T min 1 - K'
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DEAD TIME: 10.5 minutes
BREAKS : 7h58-8h04 UT
Teff : 6.58 hours
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
UT STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
4h45 1 12 6.1
4h45 15 11 6.0
5h15 1 12 6.1
5h15 15 11 6.0
5h45 1 12 6.1
5h45 15 11 6.0
6h15 1 12 6.1
6h15 15 11 6.0
6h48 1 12 6.1
6h48 15 11 6.0
7h20 1 11 6.0
7h20 15 6 5.5
7h58 1 10 5.3
7h58 15 6 5.5
8h04 1 10 5.3
8h04 15 6 5.5
8h54 1 10 5.3
8h54 7 8 5.2
9h30 1 10 5.3
9h30 7 8 5.2
10h00 1 10 5.3
10h00 7 8 5.2
10h30 1 10 5.3
10h30 7 8 5.2
11h00 1 10 5.3
11h00 7 8 5.2
11h23 1 10 5.3
11h23 7 8 5.2
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 5.59
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METEOR DATA:
# UT MAG SPEED COLOR SHWR TRAIN MAP# PLOT
TIME (1-5) SEC
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1 5h34 4 3 white SAG 3 1
2 5h47 3 3 white SAG 3 2
3 5h59 5 2 white Spor 3 1
4 6h13 3 3 white Spor 3 1
5 6h19 3 4 white SAG 3 1
6 6h32 4 2 white Spor 3 1
7 7h00 3 2 white Spor 3 2
8 7h10 1 2 white Spor 3 2
9 7h23 1 5 white Spor 3 2
10 7h41 2 2 white Spor 3 1
11 8h14m56s 0 - white Spor 3 1 *
12 9h00 2 5 white Spor 3 1
13 9h07 -3 5 white Spor 3 2
14 9h25 4 2 white Spor 3 1
15 9h42 3 3 white SAG 3 2
16 10h12 4 5 white Spor 3 2
17 10h37 1 5 white Spor 2 sec 3 1
18 10h53 1 3 white SAG 3 1
19 10h53 3 3 white Spor Not Plot
20 11h01 3 5 white Spor 3 1
21 11h16 0 2 Orange Spor 3 1
## 11h23 ########## STOP #################################
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VELOCITY SCALE: PLOT ACCURACY
0 = Stationary 1 = Accurate Plot
1 = Very Slow 2 = Normal Plot
2 = Slow 3 = Generalized Direction
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast
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NOTES: Meteor #11 visually appeared to be a pointer with no
apparent travel...however, I photographed it and it has a very
short trajectory. It's apparent duration was about 1.5 seconds.
Fireball Report will be sent to FIDAC for meteor #13.
Plot charts will be sent to Rainer. Copy of Photograph of
metoer #11 will be sent to Jurgen Rendtel.