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(meteorobs) Meteor Report July 6/7, 1996
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Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Report July 6/7, 1996
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From: GeoZay@aoldot com
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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 16:58:33 -0400
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METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: July 6/7, 1996 BEGIN: 4h45 UT END: 10h22 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 290d -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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4h45-6h30 240d+60 1.32 1 6.1 1 1
6h30-8h32 285d+70 2.0 1 5.93 1 3
8h32-10h22 300d+52 1.73 1 5.64 1 11
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL
SAG 2 1 3
SPOR 1 2 4 3 4 1 15
MEAN
SAG = 2.33
SPor = 2.4 Total: 18
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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: 9.0 minutes
BREAKS : 5h51-6h30 UT
Teff : 5.05 hours
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
4h45 1 12 6.1
4h45 15 12 6.1
5h15 1 12 6.1
5h15 15 12 6.1
5h51 1 12 6.1
5h51 1 12 6.1
6h30 15 12 6.1
6h30 1 12 6.1
7h00 15 12 6.1
7h00 1 12 6.1
7h30 1 12 6.1
7h30 15 11 6.0
8h00 1 11 6.0
8h00 7 10 5.4
8h32 1 11 6.0
8h32 7 10 5.4
9h05 1 11 6.0
9h05 7 10 5.4
9h35 1 11 6.0
9h35 7 8 5.2
10h05 1 11 6.0
10h05 7 8 5.2
10h22 1 11 6.0
10h22 7 8 5.2
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 5.87
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METEOR DATA:
# UT MAG SPEED COLOR TRAIN SHWR MAP# PLOT
TIME (1-5) SEC
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1 4h46 2 2 white Spor 3 1
2 5h05 2 3 white SAG 5 1
3 6h34 2 4 white Spor 3 1
4 7h33 2 5 white Spor 3 1
5 7h53m30s -2 4 white Spor 3 2 *
6 8h10 2 3 white SAG 3 1
7 8h35 3 5 white Spor 3 1
8 8h40 4 4 white Spor 3 1
9 8h43 0 4 white Spor Not Plot
10 8h47 5 5 white Spor 3 1
11 8h50 3 4 white SAG 3 2
12 8h51 3 3 white Spor 3 2
13 8h56 4 4 white Spor 3 2
14 9h05 2 5 white Spor 3 2
15 9h13 4 5 white Spor 3 1
16 9h32 4 3 white Spor 3 2
17 9h47 0 4 white Spor 1 2
18 10h18 3 4 white Spor 3 2
## 10h22 ########## 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 #5 = May have photographed this meteor...
won't know for awhile until I develop the roll it's on.
Had to stop at 10h22 due to a fast moving cloud bank that
rolled over head.
All plotted charts will be sent to Rainer Arlt.