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Re: (meteorobs) geminid max




On 26-NOV-1996 at 10:26:08.36 EST Gary Kronk said:

>....[good stuff about Geminids deleted] I will admit I do like the Perseids
>as well, but August in the St. Louis area is usually inflicted with heat and
>high humidity levels. The LM's are rarely better than 5.5 and it is rather
>uncomfortable. Since I began seriously observing meteors in 1974 I have had
>only three occasions where unusually clear skies were present on the night of
>the Perseid maximum.

I have experianced the same thing with the Perseids. This is why I would say
that this years' Leonids was equal to the best Perseid maxima I have seen,
with the exception of the 1967 Perseids when I saw about 100 ZHR


GWG