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(meteorobs) Geminids 13/14 Dec.
The real miracle was that it cleared off in Portland, after thunderstorms
on the morning of the 13th and off and on weather all day. I was forced
to observe from the suburbs, as I didn't want to risk running into fog in
search of darker skies. Fog threatened, but mostly froze rather than
messing up the sky much. Temperatures were in the mid-20s (F), but I
didn't really feel the need to tend to the monkeys. Meteors were slow at
times (esp. after reading people's reports from the 12/13th), but a couple
of nice fireballs made up for it.
Here is a quick summary. I will send the full NAMN report to Mark as
soon as I catch up on my sleep.
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DATE: 1996 Dec 13/14 BEGIN: 0806 UT END: 1110 UT
OBSERVER: Wes Stone (STOWE)
LOCATION: Long: 122o40' West; Lat: 45o27' North
City & State: Portland, OR Elevation: 200 meters
RECORDING METHOD: Designate Tape Recorder or Manual: Tape Recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes)
GEM
HYD
XOR
SPO
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
0 = None seen; / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT) FIELD LM GEM HYD XOR SPO Teff (hr.)
0806 - 0932 5.5h,+30 5.8 23 3 1 9 1.43
0941 - 1110 9h,+55 5.7 13 1 1 13 1.48
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 TOTAL
GEM 1 1 1 1 2 3.5 7 7.5 9 2 1 36
HYD 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 4
XOR 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2
SPO 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 5.5 10.5 0.5 22
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SKY OBSCURED:
15% FROM: 0806 UT
TO: 1059 UT
20% FROM: 1059 UT
TO: 1110 UT
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DEAD TIME: (none: tape recorder used)
BREAKS: 0932-0941 UT
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Wes Stone <wstone@lclarkdot edu> Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
SKYTOUR Amateur Astronomy Hypertext:
http://www.lclarkdot edu/~wstone/skytour/skytour.html