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(meteorobs) Aug 10/11 Report, P. Gural
METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: Aug 10/11, 1996 BEGIN: 2h03 UT END: 5h15 UT
OBSERVER : Peter S. Gural,
LOCATION : Long:77 deg 51' 42" West; Lat: 39 deg 4' 42" North
Savage Farm, Bluemont, Virginia, USA; ELEVATION: 1640 feet
RECORDING METHOD: Tape Recorder,Video(results not tabulated this report)
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:
PER 2h59m +57.2
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 60 sec/meteor was subtracted for plotting
0 = None seen; / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT) FIELD LM PER SPO
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2h03-3h53 22h00m +60 5.3 3 11
4h34-5h15 22h00m +60 5.8 8 6
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PERIOD(UT) Teff F
2h03-3h53 1.6 1
4h34-5h15 0.7 1
DEAD TIME: 13 min
BREAKS: 3h53 - 4h34 UT
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL
PER 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 11
SPO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 1 0 17
TOTAL: 28
Mean Magnitudes:
PER: 2.3
SPO: 3.0
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SKY OBSCURED:
____0_% ___0__%
FROM: 2h03 UT From: 4h34 UT
TO: 3h53 UT TO: 5h15 UT
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
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2h08 5.5
3h02 5.0
3h42 5.5
4h26 5.8
5h00 5.8
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MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.5
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METEOR DATA *
PLOT
# TIME (UT) SPEED TRAIN * ACCU-
H min sec MAG 1-5 COLOR SHWR SEC MAP # RACY
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1 2h19m 2 2 yellow SPO 0 1or6 2
2 2h25m 1 3 blu-grn SPO 2 1or6 1
3 2h36m 3 3 white SPO 0 1or6 1
4 2h38m 4 4 white SPO 0 1or6 2
5 2h40m -1 4 grn-wh PER 1.5 1or6 2
6 2h57m 4 4 white SPO 0 1or6 2
7 3h00m 4 3 white SPO 0 1or6 1
8 3h02m 2 4 green SPO 3 1or6 1
9 3h06m 3 4 white SPO 0 1or6 3
10 3h28m 3 4 white PER 0 1or6 1
11 3h39m 5 4 white SPO 0 1or6 2
12 3h42m 2 3 white SPO 0 1or6 2
13 3h42m 4 4 white SPO 0 1or6 3
14 3h50m 3 4 white PER 3
15 4h34m 4 4 white PER
16 4h38m 3 3 white SPO
17 4h39m 1 4 white PER 1
18 4h44m 3 3 white SPO
19 4h49m 3 4 white PER
20 5h00m 3 4 white PER
21 5h01m 2 3 white SPO
22 5h04m 4 4 white SPO
23 5h04m 4 3 white SPO
24 5h06m 1 2 white SPO
25 5h07m 3 3 white PER
26 5h08m 4 4 white PER
27 5h10m 0 4 white PER 2
28 5h12m 2 4 white PER 0.5
*** 5h15*****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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REMARKS: Teff based on 1 minute per plot; plotting for first 2 hour
session, then counting for 2nd session of 3/4 before sky hazed over and lm
dropped below 5.0