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(meteorobs) My Perseid Summary for Aug 7/8, 1997 ZAYGE


                   MY PERSEID METEOR
                 SHOWER SUMMARY REPORT	


DATE: Aug 7/8, 1997 BEGIN: 5h51 UT END: 10h33 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, PAU, SIA 
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 
PERIOD(UT)  FIELD   Teff F  LM   PER SDA NDA CAP KCG PAU SIA Spr
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5h51-6h53   303d-1  1.0  1  6.08      0      1      2      1      0      0
     1    2
6h53-7h56   318d+5  1.0  1  6.05     3      0      2      0      0      0
     0    5
7h56-9h02   307d+66 1.0  1  6.0      8      0      1      0      0      0
      0   5
9h02-10h33  3d+15   1.42 1  6.09   15      0      1     1       0      0
     2   13       
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER:
PER = (-1)1, (0)2, (+1)2, (+2)9, (+3)7, (+4)4, (+5)1
SDA = (+3)1
NDA = (0)1, (+1)1, (+2)2, (+3)2, 
CAP = (+4)1, (+5)1
SIA = (+1)1, (+4)2                          
SPOR= (+1)4, (+2)7, (+3)5, (+4)5, (+5)4
                                       

MEAN MAGNITUDES:
PER = 2.35
SDA = 3.0
NDA = 1.83
CAP = 4.5
SIA = 3.0
SPOR= 2.92
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DEAD TIME: 17 minutes (Includes camera operation time.)
BREAKS   : none
Teff     : 4.42 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).

5h51-6h01  = 0
6h01-6h11  = 0
6h11-6h21  = 0
6h21-6h33  = 0
6h33-6h43  = 0
6h43-6h53  = 0
6h53-7h03  = 0
7h03-7h13  = 0
7h13-7h26  = 0
7h26-7h36  = 0
7h36-7h46  = 1
7h46-7h56  = 2
7h56-8h06  = 3
8h06-8h20  = 1
8h20-8h30  = 0
8h30-8h40  = 1
8h40-8h52  = 0
8h52-9h02  = 3
9h02-9h12  = 2
9h12-9h24  = 2
9h24-9h34  = 2
9h34-9h44  = 2
9h44-9h54  = 2
9h54-10h06 = 2
10h06-10h16= 2
10h16-10h26= 1
10h26-10h33= 0 (this was a 7 minute period) 
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Percent of Perseids that left a 1/2 second or 
longer Persistent train was 46.2%.