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Re: (meteorobs) July 7 Observations
At 19:22 07-07-97 -0500, you wrote:
>-- [ From: Robert Lunsford * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --
>
>I observed for 3 hours 35 minutes this morning with George from the
>Descanso Observatory. I counted 46 meteors in that span. There were 3
>meteors that came from an area consistent with the calculated radiant
>for the Perseids (356 +51). This is what you would expect from the
>normal sporadic background so I am convinced they were sporadics. The
>Caps and Sagittarids were active early in the watch but activity
>decreased as the radiants moved westward away from our field of view.
>One possible July Pegasid was noted during the third hour. It was pretty
>darn cool for a July morning (40 F) but the complete lack of mosquitoes
>and transparent sky were a good tradeoff.
>
>0745-0845 UT .93 6.45 1 CAP 3 SAG 6 SPO 10 TOTAL
>
>0845-0945 UT .93 6.42 11 SPO 11 TOTAL
>
>0945-1045 UT .92 6.54 1 PEG 12 SPO 13 TOTAL
>
>1045-1120 UT .50 6.66 1 SAG 11 SPO 12 TOTAL
>
>
>TeFF reduction: 15 sec per entry (no plot), 30 sec per entry with plot.
>
>I was facing ESE at an elevation of 60 degrees. The sky was completely
>clear the entire night.
>
>Beginning Temperature/Relative Humidity: 42 F (6 C) 39%
>
>Ending Temperature/Relative Humidity: 40 F (4 C) 44%
>
>Bob Lunsford
>
Hello Bob, George and others,
Perseid-like meteors from the radiant you mentioned and in the quantity you
mentioned have been noted by Koen Miskotte and me during several years
early July and even the last days of June.
Last night, 7/8 July, I had 2 in 1.92 hour effective. Also 1 July Pegasid
noted and 20 Sporadics. Lm 6.1 Don't know if these arent Perseids....
By the way: the last hour has seen beatifull noctilucent clouds from the
Netherlands!
Regards,
Marco Langbroek.
Leonids-'98? A once (twice?) in your lifetime appearance! You can't afford
to miss it!
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