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(meteorobs) NAMN Meteor Report: Oct. 3/4 (Kilkenny)



                 METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM 
                         SUMMARY REPORT	

DATE: Oct 3/4   BEGIN: 0545 UT   END: 0745  UT
OBSERVER : Kilkenny, Kevin  
LOCATION : Long:  74o53'54"  West; Lat:   40o40'54"  North
City & State: High Bridge, NJ USA  Elevation: 830 ft. (NJAA Observatory)
RECORDING METHOD: Tape Recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: Use 3 letter Codes

1.DAU 
2.STA 
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = None seen;     / = shower not watched

PERIOD(UT)         FIELD          LM          DAU   STA  SPO
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0545-0745          023+30         5.6          0     0    9

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PERIOD(UT)      Teff      F
0545-0745       1.92    1.00 

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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER -6  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1  0   +1   +2   +3   +4   +5   TOTAL 
1. DAU  0   0   0   0   0   0  0    0    0    0    0    0 =   0
2. STA  0   0   0   0   0   0  0    0    0    0    0    0 =   0
3. SPO  0   0   0   1   0   0  0    2    1    1    4    0 =   9

                                                       Total: 9
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SKY OBSCURED:
    ___0___%
FROM:   _0545_ UT
  TO:   _0745_ UT

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DEAD TIME:0.08       MEAN MAGNITUDES
BREAKS   : 0             DAU  = n/a
                         STA  = n/a
                         SPOR = 2.22

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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
       STAR  STAR                       
TIME   AREA  COUNT    LM
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0545    6      8     5.9
0545   18      12    5.9 
0630    6      7     5.7
0630   18      13    6.1
0630    2      9     5.4
0700    6      10    6.2
0700   18      8     5.1 
0740   18      13    6.1
0740    2      7     5.1
0740   17      8     4.6

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MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE:_5.6__
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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.   0606           1     2      wh      spor    -       1      2
2.   0613           4     3      wh      spor    -        no plot(*)
3.   0620           4     2      wh      spor    -        no plot
4.   0625           3     5      wh      spor    -        no plot
5.   0646          -3     2    orange    spor    4s(1)   8      2
6.   0658           4     5      wh      spor    -       1      2
7.   0703           2     3      wh      spor    -       1      2
8.   0705           1     3      wh      spor    -       8      2
9.   0707           4     5      wh      spor    -        no plot
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VELOCITY SCALE: 
0 = Stationary		3 = Medium
1 = Very Slow		4 = Fast
2 = Slow		5 = Very Fast
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REMARKS:  (*)= unrecoverable error negated beginning plots.
          (1)= train started out orange then turned white toward end of
                path, at end was 2 blue-white flashes.

               plots will be USPS'd to namn coordinator, copy to NJAAMG 
               coordinator.

<end of report>