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Re: (meteorobs) Meteor Report March 2/3, 1998 ZAYGE
Thanks for forwarding that report, George!
The format in George's post is the standard, detailed report format for the
International Meteor Organization: this detailed form is the one with which
observers actually report all the raw data for a session. The format described
in my previous posting ("What do all the (meteor) numbers mean??", available at
http://www.tiacdot net/users/lewkaren/meteorobs/msg07265.html ), is intended only
as a convenient summary of this data, for public distribution.
Note that BOTH observing summaries (like Marco's) and full observing reports
(like George's) are welcome on 'meteorobs': but only the full report contains
sufficient information for IMO to do reliable analysis with it.
For those who had trouble reading George's original post, I've reformatted it
below. If you have any questions about this report, I first suggest referring
back to my original post: if your questions remain, drop us a line!
Clear skies and many meteors,
Lew Gramer
======================>>=================== George's report ==========
METEOR VISUAL OBSERVING FORM
SUMMARY REPORT
DATE: March 2/3, 1998 BEGIN: 06:27 UT END: 13:10 UT
OBSERVER : George J. Zay, IMO code: ZAYGE
LOCATION : Long: 116 deg 37' 34" West; Lat: 32 deg 50' 18" North
Descanso, Calif. USA; Elevation: 1019 meters
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:
SHOWER RA DEC. Diam. ##### SHOWER RA DEC. DIAM.
VIR 184 +2 15X10 ##### DLE 174 +14 5
(Virginids) ##### (Delta Leonids)
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OBSERVING PERIODS: For Plottings, 30 sec/meteor was subtracted
from observing times & 10 sec/meteor for Non-plots.
0 = None seen; / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM VIR DLE Spor
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06:27-08:41 183d+08 1.99 1.0 6.02 1 3 3
08:41-10:55 225d+25 2.0 1.0 5.98 2 0 8
10:55-13:10 245d+13 2.08 1.0 5.90 1 0 9
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL:
VIR 2 1 1 4
DLE 1 2 3
SPOR 1 1 7 7 5 1 22
Total: 1 1 10 8 8 1 29
MEAN MAGNITUDES:
VIR = 2.75
DLE = 3.33
Spor= 2.77
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SKY OBSCURED: 0%
Ki X Min 1
------------ = K'= 0 ------- = F = 1
T min 1 - K'
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DEAD TIME: 38.5 minutes (Includes camera operation time.)
BREAKS : None
Teff : 6.07 hours
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
TIME STAR STAR LM
AREA COUNT
06:27 16 10 6.0
06:27 9 16 6.0
07:00 16 10 6.0
07:00 16 11 6.2
07:30 9 17 6.0
07:30 16 11 6.2
08:10 10 7 5.9
08:10 11 20 6.0
08:41 11 20 6.0
08:41 10 7 5.9
09:15 11 20 6.0
09:15 10 7 5.9
09:50 11 20 6.0
09:50 15 10 6.0
10:15 11 20 6.0
10:15 15 10 6.0
10:55 11 20 6.0
10:55 15 10 6.0
11:30 15 10 6.0
11:30 11 20 6.0
12:10 15 10 6.0
12:10 11 20 6.0
12:58 15 11 6.0
12:58 12 13 5.8
13:10 15 9 5.8
13:10 12 10 5.4
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MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.97
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METEOR DATA
# TIME MAG SPEED COLOR TRAIN SHWR MAP# PLOT-ACCURACY
UT SEC
-- -------- --- ----- ----- ----- ---- --- ---
1 06:30 4 2 white spor 5 1
2 06:34 4 3 white spor 3 1
3 06:37:15 -6 3 green spor 8 1 (*)
4 07:05 2 5 white spor 8 2
5 07:18 5 2 white spor 8 1
6 07:21 4 2 white DLE 5 1
7 08:07 3 3 white VIR 5 1
8 08:23 4 3 white DLE 5 1
9 08:23 2 3 white DLE 5 1
10 08:58 2 3 white VIR 5 2
11 09:01 2 4 white 0.5 spor 5 1
12 09:08 3 4 white spor 5 1
13 09:19 3 5 white spor 3 1
14 09:34 2 3 white spor 5 1
15 09:50 2 3 white 2 spor 9 1
16 10:12 3 5 white spor 9 1
17 10:31 3 3 white spor 5 1
18 10:48 2 4 white VIR 3 1
19 10:55 3 4 white spor 9 2
20 10:58 4 3 white spor 9 1
21 11:05 2 4 white spor 9 2
22 11:13 2 5 white spor 9 1
23 11:29 4 4 white spor 3 1
24 11:49 3 5 white spor 9 1
25 11:56 1 5 white 1 spor 3 1
26 12:40 2 5 white spor 9 1
27 12:42 4 5 white spor 3 1
28 12:56 3 3 white spor 3 1
29 13:09 4 4 white VIR 3 1
## 13:10 ### STOP ##################################
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SPEED SCALE: PLOT-ACCURACY:
0 = STATIONARY 1 = ACCURATE PLOT
1 = VERY SLOW 2 = NORMAL PLOT
2 = SLOW 3 = GENERALIZED AREA/DIRECTION
3 = MEDIUM
4 = FAST
5 = VERY FAST
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All plotting charts are postal mailed to Rainer Arlt
of IMO.
(*) Meteor #3... a fireball will be reported to FIDAC.