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(meteorobs) Meteor Report Aug 12/13, 1996 GLOJO



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                   METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
                         SUMMARY REPORT	

DATE: Aug. 12/13, 1996  BEGIN: 0500 UT   END: 0600 UT
OBSERVER :  John Glover 
LOCATION : Long: 89o 02' 34" West; Lat: 38o 12' 21" North
City & State: Waltonville, IL USA;  Elevation: 475'

RECORDING METHOD: Designate Tape Recorder or Manual: Manual
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: Use 3 letter Codes

PER  047 +58  Diam=5
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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)  Teff    FIELD     LM     F    PER   SPO
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0500-0600   0.93  22h30m +40  5.25  1.00   17    5
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER -5  -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5    TOTAL
PER                 1   0  1   2   2   4   3   4     17
SPOR                0   0  0   1   0   0   0   4      5

Total: 22
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SKY OBSCURED:
    __0___%              __0___%
FROM:     UT       From:      UT   
  TO:     UT       TO  :      UT     
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DEAD TIME:3.67       MEAN MAGNITUDES
BREAKS:              PER  = 2.18
                     XXX  =
                     XXX  =
                     XXX  =
                     SPOR = 4.20
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
       STAR  STAR                       
TIME   AREA  COUNT   LM         
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0500	6      5     5.2
0500   14      9     5.2
0531    6      6     5.4
0531   14     10     5.3
0602    6      5     5.2
0602   14      8     5.2  

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.25
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METEOR DATA                                            
                                                          
#    TIME (UT)          SPEED                TRAIN   
     H min sec     MAG   1-5   COLOR  SHWR    SEC     
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1    0505           -2    4     white  SPO     2
2    0508            0    5     yellow PER     1
3    0508            4    3     white  PER
4    0513            1    5     white  PER
5    0516            1    4     white  SPO     1
6    0518            3    4     white  PER     1
7    0524            5    5     white  SPO
8    0525            5    5     white  PER
9    0526            2    4     white  PER     3
10   0529            5    3     white  SPO
11   0530            5    3     white  SPO
12   0533            5    5     white  PER     
13   0534            3    4     yellow PER     0.5
14   0536            3    4     white  PER     0.5 
15   0537            1    4     white  PER     0.5  
16   0538            2    3     white  PER     0.5
17   0539            5    4     white  SPO  
18   0541            3    4     white  PER 
19   0546            4    5     white  PER
20   0548            5    5     white  SPO
21   0551            2    5     white  PER     0.5
22   0554            3    4     white  PER
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VELOCITY SCALE: 
0 = Stationary       
1 = Very Slow                 
2 = Slow                  
3 = Medium                   
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast

* = These are for Plottings only.  If you are just counting, ignore
    these categories.


REMARKS:  Generally hazy conditions kept LM up around 5.2. No clouds to speak
          just a general summertime humidity haze......

          Also, all metoers not identified as Perseids were classified as 
          sporadics for this watch, due to lack of observing experience.