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Re: (meteorobs) Perseid question
George certainly is right about that. Any day now is going to be more
active when I started!
My catchphrase is, if it's clear, I'm here!
Now if I can just meet that first condition.....
I feel like I live in on the Oregon coast.....
My eyelids are getting moldy :-(
Wayne
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Original Text
From GeoZay@aoldot com, on 7/30/96 8:06 PM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>
In a message dated 96-07-30 11:54:09 EDT, you write:
<< The August Sky and Telescope predicts the first peak of the
Perseid shower to occur at roughly 0h UT August 12 and the
second, traditional, peak to occur roughly 12 hours later.
I don't recall the new peak and the traditional peak of the
Perseid shower being 12 hours apart.
Is S&T's prediction of Perseid peaks at 0h UT and 12h UT
on August 12 widely accepted?
Regards,
Michael Hann
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Michael,
I believe Wayne already answered this satisfactorily, but I would like to
add
this...dot being the Perseids are the major shower of the Summer...would it
determine whether you will observe or not on the night of Aug 11/12? I
personally will observe irregardless what time the peak is expected to
occur.
Even in between the two peaks, it's still a lot more interesting than what
I'm accustomed to let's say around Feb, March, thru June for the most part.
To get the profile of a shower, data during periods other than the peak
hour
are important too...actually days before and days after helps complete the
picture.
George Z.