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(meteorobs) My Perseid Summary Report for Aug 11/12 ZAYGE
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Subject: (meteorobs) My Perseid Summary Report for Aug 11/12 ZAYGE
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From: GeoZay@aol.com
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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 20:18:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Reply-To: meteorobs@latrade.com
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Sender: owner-meteorobs
PERSEID METEOR SHOWER
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: Aug 11/12, 1997 BEGIN: 5h47 UT END: 12h00 UT
OBSERVER : George J. Zay, IMO code: ZAYGE
LOCATION : Long:116 deg 37' 30S West; Lat: 32 50' 18" North
Descanso, Calif. USA; Elevation: 1003 meters
OBSERVED SHOWERS:
SHOWER RA DEC. Diam. ##### SHOWER RA DEC. DIAM.
PER ##### KCG
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OBSERVING PERIODS: Camera operations is subtracted from periods.
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM Meteors
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5h47-6h49 270d+70 1.0 1 5.75 8PER, 2KCG, 2Spor
6h49-7h52 315d+63 1.0 1 5.93 20PER, 0KCG, 6Spor
7h52-8h59 315d+63 1.0 1 6.1 70PER, 1KCG, 9Spor
8h59-10h05 315d+63 1.0 1 6.1 79PER, 2KCG, 13Spor
10h05-11h07 330d+63 1.0 1 6.08 63PER, 0KCG, 15Spor
11h07-12h00 350d+60 0.85 1 5.87 63PER, 1KCG, 7Spor
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COMBINED PERIODS MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
PER = (-8)2, (-7)1, (-4)4, (-3)2, (-2)9, (-1)25, (0)43,
(+1)48, (+2)93, (+3)45, (+4)28, (+5)3
Total = 303
KCG= (0)1, (+3)3, (+4)2
Total = 6
SPOR = (-2)1, (0)1, (+1)7, (+2)12, (+3)14, (+4)14,
(+5)3
Total = 52
Total Meteors = 361
MEAN
PER = 1.35
KCG = 2.83
Spor= 2.73
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PERSEID MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS & MEAN MAGNITUDES BY OBSERVING
PERIODS:
5h47-7h52 = (-1)4, (0)5, (+1)4, (+2)8, (+3)1, (+4)6 = 28 meteors
(first two periods combined)
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 1.55
7h52-8h59 = (-8)1, (-4)1, (-3)1,(-2)3, (-1)8, (0)7, (+1)9,
(+2)19, (+3)12, (+4)8, (+5)1 = 70 meteors
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 1.30
8h59-10h05= (-7)1, (-4)2, (-2)4, (-1)3, (0)10, (+1)10, (+2)30,
(+3)12, (+4)6, (+5)1 = 79 meteors
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 1.85
10h05-11h07= (-3)1, (-2)2, (-1)8, (0)12, (+1)13, (+2)15, (+3)7,
(+4)5 = 63 meteors
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 1.10
11h07-12h00= (-8)1, (-4)1, (-1)2, (0)9, (+1)12, (+2)21, (+3)13,
(+4)3, (+5)1 = 63 meteors
MEAN MAGNITUDE: 1.52
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PERSEID RATES IN TEN MINUTE INCREMENTS*
(periods adjusted to show 10 minutes after camera operation dead
time)
UNIVERSAL
TIME
PERIOD: # OF PERSEIDS
5h47-5h57 = 0
5h57-6h07 = 2
6h07-6h17 = 1
6h17-6h19 = 0
6h19-6h29 = 1
6h29-6h39 = 2
6h39-6h49 = 2
6h49-6h59 = 3
6h59-7h09 = 0
7h09-7h19 = 1
7h19-7h29 = 3
7h29-7h39 = 4
7h39-7h49 = 9
7h49-7h59 = 5
7h59-8h10 = 4
8h10-8h20 = 12
8h20-8h34 = 17
8h34-8h44 = 15
8h44-8h54 = 13
8h54-9h05 = 9
9h05-9h15 = 13
9h15-9h25 = 12
9h25-9h36 = 9
9h36-9h46 = 17
9h46-9h56 = 12
9h56-10h07 = 11
10h07-10h17= 13
10h17-10h28= 12
10h28-10h38= 11
10h38-10h49= 7
10h49-10h59= 11
10h59-11h09= 10
11h09-11h20= 15
11h20-11h30= 13
11h30-11h41= 10
11h41-11h51= 14
11h51-12h00= 9(this is a 9 minute period)
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SKY OBSCURDED: None
DEAD TIME: 22 minutes for camera operations.
BREAKS : None
Teff : 5.85 hours
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Percent of Perseids that left a 1/2 second or longer Persistent
train was 48.2%.
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All data submitted to the International Meteor Organization.