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(meteorobs) Meteor Report July 10/11, 1996



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                   METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM 
                         SUMMARY REPORT	


DATE: July 10/11, 1996 BEGIN: 4h43 UT END: 11h22 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     294    -22    15X10   #####   JPE      341   +15     5 
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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  JPE   Spor
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4h43-6h45    291d+53  2.01  1  6.02    0    /     3
6h45-7h48    291d+53  1.01  1  6.05    2    0     3
7h48-8h52    325d+60  1.0   1  6.02    2    0     6
8h52-9h55    325d+60  1.0   1  5.92    0    1     5
9h55-11h22   325d+60  1.43  1  5.8     0    0     3 
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER  -6  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5  +6  TOTAL 
SAG              1                      1   1   1            4
                              
JPE                                     1                    1
                            
SPOR                                7   5   6   1   1       20
                                         

MEAN
SAG  = 1.25
JPE  = 2.0                                         Total:   25
SPOR = 2.2
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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: 12.5 minutes       
BREAKS   : none
Teff     : 6.45 hours       





                                                                             
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
       STAR  STAR                       
TIME   AREA  COUNT  LM   
4h43    1     12    6.0
4h43    15    11    6.0
5h15    1     12    6.0
5h15    15    11    6.0
5h45    1     12    6.0
5h45    15    11    6.0
6h15    1     12    6.0
6h15    13    15    6.1
6h45    1     12    6.0
6h45    13    15    6.1
7h15    1     12    6.0
7h15    13    15    6.1
7h48    1     12    6.0
7h48    13    15    6.1
8h20    1     12    6.0
8h20    13    15    6.1
8h52    1     12    6.0
8h52    7     13    5.9
9h20    7     13    5.9
9h20    18    12    5.9
9h55    7     13    5.9
9h55    18    12    5.9
10h25   7     13    5.9
10h25   18    12    5.9
11h00   18    12    5.9
11h00   7     13    5.9
11h22   7     12    5.5
11h22   18    10    5.5   

MEAN MAGNITUDE: 5.95
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METEOR DATA:


#      UT      MAG   SPEED    COLOR   SHWR   TRAIN    MAP#  PLOT
      TIME           (1-5)                    SEC
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1     5h23      2      3      white    spor             2    1
2     5h44      3      4      white    Spor             1    2
3     6h18      3      5      white    spor             6    2
4*    7h03m39s -4      3      white    SAG    7 sec     3    2
5     7h29m05s  1      5      white    spor   2 sec     3    1
6     7h45      1      3      white    spor   1 sec     1    2
7     7h45      3      3      white    SAG              1    2
8     7h46      3      4      white    spor             2    3
9     7h53      4      4      white    SAG              3    1
10    8h04      5      3      white    spor             1    2
11    8h06      3      5      white    spor             3    1
12    8h08      1      3      white    spor             3    1
13    8h11      3      5      white    spor             1    2
14    8h18      3      4      white    spor             1    1
15    8h24      2      4      white    spor             6    2
16    8h38      2      2      white    SAG              3    1
17    9h10      2      3      white    spor             3    1
18    9h17      2      4      white    JPE    2 sec     6    1
19    9h23      1      2      white    spor             1    2
20    9h47      2      5      white    spor             3    2
21    9h51      4      5      white    spor             1    1
22    9h53      1      3      white    spor             1    1
23    10h15     1      5      white    spor   1 sec     3    1
24    10h43     1      5      white    spor   2 sec     6    1
25    10h53     2      5      white    spor   1/2 sec   3    1
##    11h22m ### 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 #4's duration was 1 sec... Had a burst midway...
and was photographed.

Plotted Charts will be sent to Rainer Arlt on a later date.