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(meteorobs) NAMN Meteor Report: Nov 29/30 (Wojack)
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NAMN METEOR SUMMARY
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DATE: NOVEMBER 29/30, 1996 BEGAN: 0110 ENDED: 0300 OBSERVER: WOJACK, JONATHAN
SITE COORDINATES: LAT: 39o 45' 00'' LON: 75o 33' 00" ELEVATION: 300 FT.
SITE LOCATION: WILMINGTON, DE(USA)
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METHOD OF RECORDING: TAPE RECORDER DEAD TIME: 2 MINUTES TeFF: 1.23
RECORDING TIME/METEOR: 0 SECONDS
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BREAKS: 0200-0236 SKY OBSCURED-0% OBSERVERED SHOWERS-NONE
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METEORS PER PERIOD PER SHOWER
UT TIME FIELD OF VIEW TeFF F LM SPO TOTAL
0110-0200 80o FROM NE HORIZON 0.83 1.00 4.47 2 2
0236-0300 "" 0.40 1.00 4.47 2 2
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS
SHOWER -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
SPO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE(LM)
SKY AREA LM TIME
CASSIOPEIA +4.2 0114
CASSIOPEIA +4.6 0138
CASSIOPEIA +4.6 0157
ORION +4.5 0240
CASSIOPEIA +4.4 0250
CASSIOPEIA +4.5 0300
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METEOR DATA
# TIME MAG SPEED COLOR TRAIN SHOWER NOTES
1 0135 +1 4 WHITE NO SPO
2 0145 +3 3 WHITE NO SPO
3 0238 +3 3 WHITE NO SPO
4 0243 -4 3 WHITE NO SPO I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A
FIREBALL REPORT FORM
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NOTES:THE IMO NEARLY ACCEPTED MY OBSERVATION, AS MY LM ROSE AS HIGH AS +4.6!!
I FOUND THAT WHEN I REACH THE 45 MINUTE MARK OF AN OBSERVING SESSION, MY LM
EXPLODES! UNFOURTANTLY, AFTER 50 MINUTES, I WAS KIND OF COLD(+10 F, OR -12.2
C. THIS IS USUALLY NO CHALLENGE, BUT AFTER THE FIRST 30 MINUTES, I START
GETTING COLD FROM A LACK OF COFFEE AND METEORS.), THIRSTY(I USUALLY BRING 3-4
CUPS OF WARM COFFEE TO KEEP ME WARM), AND A LACK OF METEORS. UNFOURTANTLY, I
WAS UNABLE TO OBSERVE SO FAR IN DECEMBER, WHICH MEANS NO GEMINIDS. HOPEFULLY,
I'LL SEE THE URSIDS AND THE QUADS. SINCE I USE MY COMPUTER FOR RECORDING, I
CAN FIND WHEN THE METEOR WHEN INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, PRODUCING CELESTIAL
FIREWORKS. I CAN FIND THE TIME TO THE ONE -HUNDRETH SECOND, BUT I JUST ROUND
IT TO THE NEAREST SECOND. I'M SURE NO ONE NEEDS TIMING TO THE ONE-HUNDRETH
SECOND! I AM PRESENTLY WRITING UP MY GEMINID ANALYSIS, BUT IT MAY NOT GET OUT
UNTIL JANUARY. WE HAVE THE GEMENIDS, THEN THE URSIDS, AND THE QUADS. I WILL
BE ANALYZING ALL OF THESE SHOWERS. BUT, I HAVE A 2 ECONOMICS AND A HISTORY
PAPER DUE IN 3 MONTHS.
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