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(meteorobs) Aug 8/9 Meteor Results
Perseid Observation results for Aug 8/9, 1996 from Descanso, Calif. USA
Last night for a 7 hour period, I saw 70 meteors total. Their break down is
as follows:
31 Perseids, 8 S. Delta Aquarids, 1 N. Delta Aqaurid, 5 Alpha Capricornids,
3 S. Iota Aquarids, 2 Kappa Cygnids, 2 Piscis Austrinus, and 18 sporadics.
This was under a 6.0 clear skies for most of the night....only a 10 minute
period with 10% cloud cover.
Of the Perseids, there seemed to be a surprisingly high number of brite
meteors this soon prior to the peak...Included in the magnitudes were at
least the following: -1, -2, -5, -1, -3, -3, -6, -6, -3, -2, and a -1. These
were only the brite ones above the 0 magnitude.
Periods of activity shown by hour of observations (Universal Time)
4h38-5h38 = 2PER, 1CAP, 1SIA
5h38-6h38 = 3PER, 1CAP, 1KCP, 2SIA, 3 Spor
6h38-7h38 = 2PER, 1CAP, 1KCP, 2PAU, 4 Spor
7h38-8h38 = 11PER, 1CAP, 2SDA
8h38-9h38 = 5PER, 1CAP, 3SDA, 8 Spor
9h38-10h38 = 4PER, 1SDA, 1Spor
10h38-11h50 = 8PER, 2SDA, 1NDA, 3Spor
George Zay