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(meteorobs) Meteor Report July 17/18, 1996
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Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Report July 17/18, 1996
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From: GeoZay@aoldot com
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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 16:36:19 -0400
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METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: July 17/18, 1996 BEGIN: 4h48m UT END: 11h35m 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.
PER 15d +51 5 deg ##### CAP 297d -14 8 deg
SDA 331d -19 5 deg ##### PAU 337d -34 5 deg
NDA 318d -10 5 deg #####
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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 PER CAP SDA PAU NDA Spor
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4h48m-5h51m 267d+53 1.01 1 6.1 / 2 1 0 0 2
5h51m-6h54m 285d+70 1.01 1 6.08 1 0 0 0 0 5
6h54m-7h58m 320d+63 1.0 1 6.05 0 2 1 0 0 4
7h58m-9h01m 330d+60 1.01 1 6.05 3 1 1 0 0 0
9h01m-10h05m 332d+58 1.01 1 6.05 3 0 1 0 1 10
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL
PER 1 2 5 1 9
CAP 1 2 2 5
SDA 2 2 4
NDA 1 1 1 3
SPOR 2 5 5 7 3 3 25
MEAN
PER = 2.67
CAP = 1.2 Total: 46
SDA = 2.5
NDA = 3.0
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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: 23 minutes
BREAKS : none
Teff : 6.42 hours
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
4h48m 1 12 6.1
4h48m 15 12 6.1
5h20m 1 12 6.1
5h20m 15 12 6.1
5h51m 1 12 6.1
5h51m 15 12 6.1
6h25m 1 12 6.1
6h25m 15 12 6.1
6h54m 1 12 6.1
6h54m 7 14 6.0
7h25m 1 12 6.1
7h25m 7 14 6.0
7h58m 1 12 6.1
7h58m 7 14 6.0
8h30m 1 12 6.1
8h30m 7 14 6.0
9h01m 7 14 6.0
9h01m 18 13 6.1
9h35m 7 14 6.0
9h35m 18 13 6.1
10h05m 7 14 6.0
10h05m 18 13 6.1
10h35m 7 14 6.0
10h35m 18 13 6.1
11h05m 7 14 6.0
11h05m 18 13 6.1
11h35m 7 12 5.5
11h35m 18 9 5.2
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 6.01
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METEOR DATA:
# UT MAG SPEED COLOR TRAIN SHOWER MAP# PLOT
TIME (1-5) SEC
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1 4h56m 2 3 white SDA 3 1
2 5h03m 5 5 white Spor 3 1
3 5h16m 5 3 white spor 3 1
4 5h33m 3 3 white CAP 3 3
5 5h35m 2 3 white CAP 6 3
6 6h02m 4 3 white spor 6 1
7 6h15m 3 4 white spor 3 1
8 6h17m 3 4 white spor 3 1
9 6h24m20s 1 2 white spor 3 1
10 6h38m 1 3 white PER 1 2
11 6h48m 4 5 white spor 3 1
12 6h56m 4 4 white NDA 3 2
13 7h08m 4 2 white Spor 3 1
14 7h19m -4 2 white CAP 6 1
15 7h19m 3 4 white SDA 3 3
16 7h26m 3 4 white 1 sec spor 3 1
17 7h32m 2 2 white spor 1 2
18 7h42m 3 3 white CAP 3 1
19 7h45m 1 4 white 2 sec spor 6 1
20* 7h59m 4 5 white PER 3 1
21 8h23m 2 3 white CAP 6 1
22 8h44m 2 5 white 1 sec PER Not Plot
23 8h44m 2 5 white 1 sec PER Not Plot
24 8h52m 3 4 white SDA 1 1
25 9h06m 5 5 white spor 1 1
26 9h16m 3 5 white PER 1 1
27 9h25m 3 5 white PER 3 1
28 9h31m 3 3 white spor 1 1
29 9h44m 1 3 white spor 3 1
30* 9h46m 2 5 white spor 1 1
31 10h04m 2 5 white NDA 1 1
32 10h18m 3 5 white PER 3 1
33 10h27m 2 2 white spor 3 1
34 10h36m 2 2 white spor 3 1
35 10h40m06s 0 2 orange spor 3 1
36* 10h43m 3 5 white PER 1 1
37 10h45m 3 5 white spor 3 1
38 10h47m 2 4 white spor 1 1
39 10h47m 2 5 white 1/2 sec SDA 1 2
40* 10h53m 3 5 white PER 3 1
41 11h05m 1 5 white 3 sec spor 1 1
42 11h09m 3 5 white spor 1 2
43 11h14m 1 5 white spor 3 2
44 11h15m 0 5 white spor 3 1
45 11h20m 3 5 white NDA 1 1
46 11h27m 3 5 white spor 1 1
## 11h35m #### 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: * symbols represents possible Eta Perseids.
Meteor #10 was low on the horizon.
Meteor #14 had a 1 sec. duration and a nice midway burst.
Charts will be sent to Rainer Arlt and Gary Kronk.