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(meteorobs) Aug 9/10 summary
Despite all the trials and tribulations, I managed a little more than 6.70
hours of observing this morning. Wayne Hally and I communicated several
times during the day about a front that was rolling in on both of us. Here,
it was supposed to reach the coast and become a stationary front, but
actually broke up, provide clear skies the entire night.
Around local midnight some "neighbor" in the wildlife refuge decided to use
a spotlight, shine it up in the NE sky, and play tag with the Perseid
radiant. After about 30 minutes of this, I guess they lost interest, or
finished what they were doing, because the laser show never reappeared.
Next, some species of insect decided to use my shirt as a temporary resting
place. Not knowing if the critter was friendly or not, I swatted him off.
For my efforts, he left me some smell that would peel paint off the wall,
and actually, began making me sick. This required a retreat indoors for a
new shirt, and of course, something I rarely do while observing, a logged
break. [Bob, I know what you're thinking, but this was not one of the famous
Zay stink bugs...but some related cousin(?)... :>]
After my break, being all renewed for several more hours, I logged the
following raw data:
UT Time SDA CAP NDA PER KCG SPO Total
0200-0900 9 2 2 23 1 48 85
During the period before local midnight, activity was extremely slow. Then
from the period 0038 to 0107 local time, I logged 15 meteors from all
sources. At a rate of nearly 2 per minute, I was looking forward to the
remainder of the night being busy, but the rates soon dipped back down
closer to normal.
Clear skies all,
Mark Davis
MeteorObs@charlestondot net