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(meteorobs) June 19/20 observation
Hello all,
I finally got some CLEAR SKIES last night after the weather system that
affected most of the east coast started to break up and lose strenght.
I went to my dark sky site south of Ottawa, taking a chance despite the
variable clouds still posing a threat. Around midnight, as I arrived,
the clouds moved away. Good work Wayne. I observed a total 24 meteors
under a 6.5 limiting mag. sky. Of those, 23 sporadics and 1 SAG. I saw 5
very swift, trained meteors coming from a point low in the east in the
early morning. The point they seem to come is close to the Tau Cetids
radiant (about 01:36 -12). One other meteor is a possible Tau Aquarid,
again very fast. I called these SPO for now.
I will go out again tonight. I'll plot more of these swift meteors if
they appear. Brightest meteor was a mag. 0 that moved swiftly leaving
a 2 second train.
DATE: June 19/20 1998 BEGIN: 4:50 UT END: 7:25 UT
LOCATION: Long: -75.454 West; Lat: 45.079 North Elevation: 395feet
City & Province: Winchester, Ontario, CAN
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM SAG SPO
4:50-5:41 S70d 0.83 1.00 6.5 1 6
5:46-6:54 S70d 0.98 1.00 6.35 0 11
6:54-7:25 S80d 0.47 1.00 6.1 0 6
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2.28 1 23 = 24
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
SAG 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
SPO 1 2 0 9 6 3 2
Total dead time: 11.5 min
Breaks: 5:41-5:46
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
Graphic Designer (National Aviation Museum)
Visual meteor observer
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