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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.