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Re: (meteorobs) Re:Nov 10/11 meteors fair + more
In a message dated 96-11-11 15:25:47 EST, you write:
<< The Dec S&T has a Perseid writeup. I was astonished at the reports of a
good shower in there, people seeing 100/hr! They used only the highest
counts giving the impression of a great year. No way were the 1996 Perseids
great : the best I could do was only 28. At least not great from North
America. As usual there are undocumented high Perseid perceptions out there
that perpetuate the notion of Perseids being a "very strong and reliable"
shower. Get these people out for the Geminids and they would likely see
200-300/hr. That's the best of the year hands down. Even I see 80-85/hr
from the Geminids routinely.
Norman
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I agree with you here Norman. I highly suspect some of those U.S. Perseid
Counts might also include various other showers that were active as well as a
healthy number of sporadics. Also, that one guy in Oregon(?) must have had a
high LM as well. Anyhow, I separated everything like most experienced
observers do and about 50/hr with an avg LM near 6.0 was about the best I can
come up with. I believe Bob got a little more than I did, but no where near
what some folks appeared to get.
George Z.
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