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Re: (meteorobs) Perseids were visible on July 13/14
Hi George
I did 4 hours last night, seeing 2 alpha Caps, 1 S delta Aqaurid, 2
Sagittarids and 14 Sporadics. No Perseids yet from the deep South. When we
see them here they are rather spectacular since they come off the radiant
which just peeps over the horizon, and burn out south of Canopus.
I may be thawing out today, a big cold front rolled in this morning, and we
are expecting snow in Johannesburg today. So I don't hold too much hope to
observe tonight.
Tim
At 12:11 PM 7/15/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey folks!
>
>Last night I did my meteor report and went over the plots that I did on the
>night of July 13/14...just for grins I figured where the Perseid radiant
>would be if it was active. When I went over each meteor I discovered that I
>had 9 Perseids that night out of a total of 57 meteors. I also had 2 July
>Pegasids, 2 S. Delta Aquarids, 2 Alpha Capricornids, 4 Sagitarrids and 38
>sporadics. The sporadics definitely increased by themselves since I observed
>the previous 2 days past. I was under the impression that Perseid activity
>begins near July 17th, but I think this will have to be adjusted eventually
>for at least 3 or 4 days earlier even.
>George Z.
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