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(meteorobs) Re: Shooting Star Weekend!
Well, so far this Perseid max I've had two good nights, one really mediocre,
one total loss, and one bitter-sweet "might have been". About the "might have
been" (Sat night), I'll just say New England's changing weather got me again!
Last night was the really mediocre one... Through a haze which left skies at my
"dark site" in Westford, MA looking remarkably like they do usually in Medford,
I observed a relatively smooth increase in PERseid rates over previous nights,
and normal rates on all other showers watched. Of 44 meteors observed in 2+
hours, 21 were PERs. There was notable granularity in minute-to-minute PER
rates, but nothing that looked anything like an outburst.
The data summary, with report to follow hopefully today:
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM PER KCG NDA SDA NIA SIA CAP PAU SPOR
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0350-0500 21h+45 1.10h 1.00 5.62 8 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 5
0500-0630 21h+45 1.13h 1.00 5.28 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8
TOTAL: 21 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 13
Prospects for tonight's peak are grim to depressing... An extensive bank of
high and mid-level clouds stretches from the Ohio Valley north and east, riding
on a pressure wave that looks to be heading straight for us by tonight. There's
a slight possibility (and NWS hints at this too) of clearing before morning,
but whether the clearing will beat dawn's light in our area is iffy.
Lew, sad but somewhat sated :)
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