(meteorobs) Geminids

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Geminids
• From: <Rocky_Togni@sbpt.com>
• Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 13:09:37 -0600
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> In Arkansas we had clear skies with bright moonlight conditions the
> night of Dec 13-14.  After the company Christmas party I went out for
> a
> little over an hour and was very pleased with the showing.  In a
> little
> over an hour with limiting magnitude about 4.2 I saw 25 meteors, 23 of
> which were Geminids. There was a slow start and then all of a sudden I
> saw 4 in two minutes.  Thirteen of the Geminids were 1st Magnitude or
> brighter. One was a -3 and the only one leaving a trail for the night.
> It started near the horsemen pulling the big dipper (or however the
> legend goes) and traversed the length of the dipper as it headed for
> the
> horizon.  The Geminids were much slower than the Leonids observed
> during
> the last full moon.  Following is a report summary.
> 
> December 14,  Longitude W92.0, Latitude N35.5
> 
> 		TEFF	LM	
> 6:36-7:45 UT       1:04	4.2	23 Gem	      2 Spo       25
> Total
> 
> The sky was clear and there were no obstructions.  The time lost was
> due
> to getting out my sleeping bag to try to get warmer.  I was facing
> North
> East at an altitude of about 55 degrees.
> 
> Robert Togni
> 

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