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(meteorobs) Meteor report July 11/12, 1996



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	         METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
			SUMMARY REPORT

DATE: 11/12 July, 1996 BEGIN: 06h30m UT  END 08h15m UT
OBSERVER: Wayne T Hally  IMO Code  HALWA
LOCATION: 74d 53' 54" West  40d 40' 52" North
             High Bridge, NJ, USA (NJAA)  Elevation  830ft
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No Breaks, No sky obscurations throughout.
75 seconds per meteor plot time  = 13 minutes Dead Time
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:

JPE  RA 341  Decl  +15   Rad  5
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OBSERVING PERIOD

Period (UT)   Field   Teff    F    LM     JPE  Spor
0630-0815    40d +58  1.53  1.00  5.54     0    11

Magnitude Distributions (All sporadics)
      -2  -1   0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5  
Spor   1   1   1   1   2   1   2   2      Total= 11

Mean  = 2.09
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE

UT TIME  Area Ct  LM
0630      18  10  5.5
0630      6   6   5.4
0700      18  11  5.7
0700       6   6  5.4
0730      18  11  5.7
0730       6   7  5.7
0815      18   9  5.2
0815       6   7  5.7

Mean Limiting Magnitude: 5.54
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METEOR DATA
     UT
#   Time   Mg   Spd   Clr   Train   Shw   Map#   plot 
1   0650   +5   4     Wh      --   Spor    1      1
2   0708   -1   4     Wh     1.0s  Spor    1      1
3   0712   -2   3     Wh     1.0s  Spor    3      1
4   0715   +4   3     Wh     --    Spor    1      2
5   0717   +4   2     Wh     --    Spor    1      1
6   0721   +3   3     Wh     --    Spor    1      2
7   0736   +5   3     Wh     --    Spor    1      2
8   0740    0   5     Wh     --    Spor    1      1
10  0806   +1   3     Wh     --    Spor    3      3
11  0807   +2   4     Wh     --    Spor    1      1
##  0815  ###   Stopped. Approaching twlight #######
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Notes: Meteor 8...possible PERseid.

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