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(meteorobs) NAMN Meteor Report: Oct 3/4 (HALWA)



NAMN VISUAL SUMMARY REPORT

DATE: 1996 OCT 3/4            BEGIN: 1h 55m UT     END: 3h 43m UT
OBSERVER: Wayne T Hally  (HALWA)
LOCATION: Long: 74d 53' 54" West; Lat: 40d 40' 52" North
City & State: NJAA Observatory, High Bridge, NJ, USA
Elevation: 830ft (253M)
RECORDING METHOD: Tape Recorded and Plotted (120 sec per plot)

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OBSERVED SHOWERS: 3-letter code; radiant position
ORI 084d +14
DAU 085d +50
NTA 028d +18
STA 024d +08

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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen;    / = shower not watched.

PERIOD(UT)  FIELD   Teff   F     LM   ORI   DAU   NTA   STA   SPO
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0155-0343  025 +30  1.55  1.00  5.43   0     0     0     0     7

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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER   -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5  +6  TOTAL  MEAN
SPO       1   0   0   0  1   0   3   1   1   0   0    7    +1.29

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SKY OBSCURED:
      __0__%                _____%
FROM: 0155    UT      FROM:         UT
  TO: 0343    UT        TO:         UT

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DEAD TIME: 14 minutes
BREAKS: None

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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:

          STAR      STAR
TIME      AREA      COUNT     LM
0145       6          6       5.4
0145      18         10       5.5
0230       6          5       5.2
0230      18         10       5.5
0300       6          7       5.7
0300      18         11       5.7
0300       2          7       5.1
0340      18         11       5.7
0340      17          9       5.1

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.43

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METEOR DATA:

#  TIME(UT)  MAG  SPEED  COLOR  SHOWER  TRAIN  MAP  ACCURACY
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1   0207     +2     2     Wh      Spo           7      1
4   0221     +2     1     Wh      Spo           7      1
6   0246     -4     2   Yl-Bu     Spo    3.0    7      1 *note 1*
7   0257     +4     3     Wh      Spo           1      1
9   0303     +3     3     Wh      Spo           7      1
10  0305      0     3     Wh      Spo           1      1
11  0319     +2     3     Wh      Spo           1      1

VELOCITY (SPEED) SCALE: 
0 = Stationary
1 = Very Slow
2 = Slow
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast

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REMARKS:
1. This slow moving meteor was +1 yellow trained, blue -4 and -2 bursts near
end.
2. Numbers are not consecutive; were the result of an experiment with two
observers plotting. 
3. Plots to be forwarded to IMO through NAMN Coordinator.
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<END OF REPORT>