(meteorobs) July 27/28 observation

• To: <meteorobs@latrade.com>, "Rock Mallin" <adave@cyberusdot ca>, "Yves Paris" <paris.yves@sympaticodot ca>
• Subject: (meteorobs) July 27/28 observation
• From: Pierre Martin <p.martin@cyberusdot ca>
• Date: Tue, 28 Jul 98 04:07:33 -0400
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Hello,

I just got a unexpected clear night for July 27/28. It was solid
cloudy and raining all evening. I checked the sky at 1:00 local EDT
and it was completely clear!!

I observed from my backyard 2 hour teff under LM of only 5.6 at best. 
It was humid and some low clouds appeared near the horizons. Not too
many meteors. Saw some Perseids, including a short -1, a few SDA and
1 NDA. I dont know how many SPO. The tape is not yet decoded.

The highlights were 2 parallel meteors at the same time in the 
north-east that might be SDA activity and one very short 1degree 
possible SDA that barely showed any motion. It did leave a tiny 
wake so it was not a satellite.  

My counts were definitely affected by the poor sky transparency.
It was a humid night with even few flash of lightning. The Milky Way 
had trouble showing up. Hopefully, I'll go to my dark site tonight 
if the weather is good.

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