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(meteorobs) My Perseid Summary For Aug 10/11, 1997 ZAYGE
MY PERSEID METEOR SHOWER
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: Aug 10/11, 1997 BEGIN: 10h20 UT END: 12h00 UT
OBSERVER : George J. Zay, IMO code: ZAYGE
LOCATION : Long:116 deg 29' 43" West; Lat: 32 deg 49' 49' North
Pine Valley Viewpoint, Calif USA; Elevation: 1300 meters
OBSERVED SHOWERS:
PER, KCG
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM PER KCG Spor
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10h20-12h00 320d+60 1.8 1.01 6.0 54 0 36
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
PER = (-3)1, (-2)1, (-1)3, (0)8, (+1)7, (+2)21, (+3)6, (+4)5,
(+5)2
Total = 54
MEAN = 1.65
SPOR = (-2)1, (-1)1, (0)3,, (+1)2, (+2)8, (+3)6, (+4)5, (+5)5
Total = 36
MEAN = 2.61
All Meteors Total = 90
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DEAD TIME: 2 minutes (Includes camera operation time.)
BREAKS : none
Teff : 1.8 hours
SKY OBSCURED: 10h20-10h25 at 15%
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PERSEID RATES AT TEN MINUTE INCREMENTS(Periods adjusted to show
10 minutes after camera operation dead time).
10h20-10h31 = 7
10h31-10h41 = 8
10h41-10h51 = 5
10h51-11h01 = 5
11h01-11h12 = 12
11h12-11h22 = 6
11h22-11h32 = 3
11h32-11h42 = 7
11h42-11h52 = 3
11h52-12h00 = 1 (this was an 8 minute period)
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Percent of Perseids that left a 1/2 second or longer
Persistent train was 38.9%.