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(meteorobs) Meteor Report aug 12/13, 1996 MILCA




                                         
                   METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM 
                         SUMMARY REPORT	


DATE: Aug 12/13, 1996 BEGIN: 7h55 UT END: 9h05 UT
OBSERVER :   Carl B. Miller 
LOCATION : Long: 120 34 30 West; Lat: 35 730 North
Arroyo Grande , California;  Elevation:214 ft. 
RECORDING METHOD:  tape Recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: PER...all others are listed as sporadics
 
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 10 sec/meteor was subtracted for recording 
purposes.  If using tape recorder, no time is subtracted. 
0 = None seen;     / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT)    FIELD      LM     PER  Spor
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07h55-09h05    2h10m     5.33    25    4

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PERIOD(UT)      Teff      F
07h55-09h05     1.10     1.25
  
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER  -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL 
PER         1  1    1  1  9  9  3     25
SPOR             1  1  1  1            4


                               Total: 29
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SKY OBSCURED:
    _20___%              _____%
FROM: 07h55    UT       From:      UT   
  TO:  09h05    UT       TO  :      UT     

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DEAD TIME:           MEAN MAGNITUDES
BREAKS   :  08h25-08h26          PER = 3.12
                                 SPOR= 1.5










                                                                             
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE
TIME    STAR       STAR         LM             
        AREA       COUNT
7h55     2          7           5.1
8h13     2          8           5.4
8h30     2          8           5.4
8h48     2          8           5.4

































































































                                                                             
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MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.33
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METEOR DATA                                                  *
                                                             PLOT
#   TIME (UT)     SPEED             TRAIN   *       ACCU-
    H min sec MAG 1-5   COLOR SHWR  SEC    MAP #   RACY 

1   7h59m20    0   3    white SPOR        
2   8h5m2     -1   4    white PER  
3   8h6m30    +3   4    white PER
4   8h7m40    +4   5    white PER
5   8h9m10    +4   5    white PER
6   8h10m15   +1   4    white SPOR
7   8h12m17   +3   4    white PER
8   8h13m33   +3   4    white PER
9   8h14m47   +3   3    white PER
10  8h22m48   +4   4    white PER
11  8h23m55   +4   5    white PER
12  8h25m     +3   5    white PER
13  8h26m40   +4   5    white PER
14  8h30m20   +1   4    white PER
15  8h34m     +4   5    yellowPER
16  8h34m56   +3   4    white PER
17  8h35m22   +3   4    white PER
18  8h36m26   +3   4    white PER
19  8h38m14   +3   4    white PER
20  8h39m24   +2   3    white SPOR
21  8h41m55   +2   4    white PER
22  8h46m55   +3   5    white SPOR
23  8h48m30   -2   3    white PER
24  8h56m04   +4   5    white PER
25  8h56m53   +4   5    white PER
26  8h58m30   +5   4    yellowPER
27  8h59m     +5   4    white PER
28  9h01m05   +5   5    white PER
29  9h03m17   +4   3    white PER
***9h05m*********************STOP*********************************************
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VELOCITY SCALE: 
0 = Stationary       
1 = Very Slow                 
2 = Slow                  
3 = Medium                   
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast
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* = These are for Plottings only.  If you are just counting, ignore
    these categories.

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