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Re: (meteorobs) Observation Aug. 12/13 98
> Subject: (meteorobs) Observation Aug. 12/13 98
Hi Pierre!!
> Very good activity, especially in the late evening before the
> moon got too high and bright. Some fine meteors were seen including
> a bright -4 Perseid with a 10 second train! Overall, the rates appeared
> better than 11/12.
I have not decoded my tape either, but I observed from 1:24 am edt to
330 am edt.
I have a question about your Persied? Did it line up with Epsilon
Cass? If so, I seen the same one. I almost fell out of my chair
again, and I am sure I must have woke up some neighbours.
I seem to find that the activity increases around 3:00 am edt, 7:00
UT.
There were defenitely more Persieds on the 12/13 than the 11/12. My
limiting magnitude was around 5.9 most of the time, defenitely better
than the night before which was 5.1 - 5.2.
Kim
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