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(meteorobs) Meteor Report May 26/27, 1996
METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: May 26/27 1996 BEGIN: 0745UT END: 0815UT
OBSERVER : GRALE (Lewis J. Gramer)
LOCATION : Long: 71o 22' 44" W; Lat: 43o 31' 32" N
City & State: Gunstock Mountain, NH, USA; Elevation: 300'
RECORDING METHOD: Tape Recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: Use 3 letter Codes
SAG 252 -23
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
PERIOD(UT) FIELD LM Teff F Sag Spor
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0745-0815 22h+65 5.43 0.50h 1.03 0 4
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL
SAG 0
SPOR 1 1 2 4
Total: 1 1 2 4
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SKY OBSCURED:
%5 FROM: 0745UT TO: 0800UT
%0 FROM: 0800UT TO: 0815UT
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DEAD TIME: 00h00m MEAN MAGNITUDES
BREAKS : None SPOR = +4.25 (sample of 4 meteors)
TOTAL : 00h00m
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM (mins in effect - see Remarks)
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0745 6 7 5.7 15
0745 7 10 5.4 15
0605 5 7 5.4 15
0605 14 9 5.2 15
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MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.43
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METEOR DATA
PLOT
# TIME (UT) SPEED TRAIN ACCU-
H min MAG 1-5 COLOR SHWR SEC MAP # RACY
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1 0748 3 3.5 Spo
2 0748 5 2 Spo
3 0755 5 3 Spo
4 0800 4 2.5 Spo
## 0815 ENDED SESSION
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VELOCITY SCALE:
0 = Stationary
1 = Very Slow
2 = Slow
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast
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REMARKS: Seeing throughout session was medium to medium-good.
The observing session planned was reduced to almost nothing by inter-
mittent cloud cover. The period covered by this report (with Teff=0.5)
will probably not be useable, but is provided anyway for the record.
The "mins in effect" column in the limiting magnitude estimate table
is merely designed as a computational aid for this observer (and as
a later consistency check for users of the form) as to how much time
the given magnitude estimate(s) were in effect. It can be ignored in
analyzing the estimates themselves.