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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!!!!