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Re: (meteorobs) meteor observations aug 20/21 ZAYGE
GeoZay????Where are you observing from*****Loni<Spokane>
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> From: GeoZay@aol.com
> To: meteorobs@latrade.com
> Subject: (meteorobs) meteor observations aug 20/21 ZAYGE
> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 8:11 AM
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> I had a good observing night last night, Aug 20/21. It was clear with an
> average LM around 6.0. There were no mountain lions, snakes or irritated
Rams.
> :o) I observed for an approximate Teff of 6 hours. I recorded a total
of 53
> meteors, of which I plotted all except the Perseids. There weren't very
many
> of them left now...only seen 7 of those critters. The rest of the
breakdown
> is: 3 NIA, 5 NDA, 4 KCG, and 32 sporadics. It seems that most of the
summer
> shower activity is dwindling and leaving primarily sporadics. Activity
seemed
> to come in spurts. The most active period began around 3 am till near 4
am
> with 14 meteors. Then it died somewhat after that. I was all prepared to
> finish off with another good hour. The brightest meteor was a -2 NDA.
> Although I operated 3 cameras, I highly doubt I caught anything. After I
nap
> out the day, I plan on having another go at it tonight. The weather seems
to
> be holding out quite favorably...so far.
> George Zay