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(meteorobs) Data from7/31-8/1 and 8/1-2, (My first try, comments and suggestions more than welcome)



As I said in the subject line this is my first try so I don't have a great
deal of confidence in the accuracy of all of my data...

John Newton
obs. location;           lat. 39 28'     long 77 43' 30"
viewing approx      RA 300,  Dec 0.    (in Aquila) begin
               RA 0, Decl 0        end

Begin 12:20 AM Eastern (is that 5:20 UT?)


Date Time (EDT)          LM   Obstr. AQU  CAP  SPO  PER   Total
7/31  8/1 12:20-1:30     5.3    5%    0    2    7*1  5*1   14
 "    "   1:30-2:40      5.5    "     2    1    4    7*2   14
 "    "   2:40-3:50 5.6    "     3    5    3    7     18
 "    "   3:50-5:00 5.6    "     6    1    8    10*3  25


  Each line represents 1 eff Hr, Numbers after * are meteors w/persistant
trains.
1st two LM's were estimated 'cause I didn't figure out how to determine
LM's correctly 'til the 3rd Hr.

*Interesting meteor(s?)*  At about 4:30 AM EDT one of the perseids covered
~15 degrees with a train, went out then came back ~7 degrees later and lit
up for another 10 degrees or so,
(w/ train) exact same path and speed (as if it was one meteor of ~30
degrees with 7 deg. in the middle blacked out). I thought it was 1 meteor
that sorta "skipped out" of the atmosphere for a while. Or could it have
been a particle that seperated and had two individual entries on the same
path/speed a few km. apart? If the latter was the case then my last perseid
count would be 11*4.



8/1-2
Obs. pos.  I haven't found the Lat-Long for this spot, I was in Capacon
State park in W.Va.
          (About 20 Mi. west of Martinsburg W.Va.)
View           RA 15 Dec 20  ?     (Like in Pisces)
Teff 1.4 Hr

Date           Time (EDT)  LM   Obstr. AQU  CAP  SPO  PER   Total
8/1  8/2   3:00-4:30     6.2    0%    3    6    14  11*1   34

As I said, this was my first try, I just sorta "lumped the Aquarids
together" into one group. Also, as I said before, the associations with
particular showers could definately be questionable in some cases.

FEEL FREE TO MAKE COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT MY DATA, AND HOW I CAN
IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE!!!!