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(meteorobs) My Perseid Summary For Aug 9/10, 1997 ZAYGE
MY PERSEID METEOR
SHOWER SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: Aug 9/10, 1997 BEGIN: 7h06 UT END: 11h11 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:
PER, SDA, NDA, CAP, KCG, NIA, PAU, SIA
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM PER SDA NDA CAP KCG PAU SIA NIA Spr
7h06-8h28 335d+7 1.30 1 6.15 18 1 3 3 1 0 0
0 6
10h24-11h11 23d+7 0.78 1 6.2 15 1 2 0 0 1 0
0 6
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER
PER = (-2)1, (-1)1, (0)2, (+1)2, (+2)14, (+3)5, (+4)7, (+5)1
SDA = (+2)2
NDA = (0)1, (+1)1, (+2)2, (+3)1,
CAP = (0)1, (+3)1, (+5)1
KCG = (+3)1
PAU = (+4)1
NIA = (+2)1, (+3)1
SPOR= (-1)1, (+1)1, (+2)2, (+3)1, (+4)7
MEAN MAGNITUDES
PER = 2.27
SDA = 2.0
NDA = 1.6
CAP = 2.67
KCG = 3.0
PAU = 4.0
NIA = 2.5
SPOR = 2.92
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DEAD TIME: 6 minutes (Includes camera operation time.)
BREAKS : 8h28-10h24 UT(due to fog)
Teff : 2.08 hours
SKY OBSCURED: NONE
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PERSEID RATES AT TEN MINUTE INCREMENTS (Periods adjusted to show
10 minutes after camera operation dead time).
7h06-7h16 = 3
7h16-7h26 = 3
7h26-7h36 = 0
7h36-7h48 = 2
7h48-7h58 = 2
7h58-8h08 = 2
8h08-8h20 = 4
8h20-8h28 = 2 (this is an 8 minute period)
BREAK DUE TO FOG
10h24-10h34 = 3
10h34-10h44 = 4
10h44-10h56 = 4
10h56-11h06 = 1
11h06-11h11 = 3 (this is a 5 minute period)
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Percent of Perseids that left a 1/2 second or longer
Persistent train was 42.4%.