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Re: (meteorobs) meteor observations aug 20/21 ZAYG



The only animals that bother us on the beaches of  Florida are the hatching sea
turtles. Thousands of them hatch about this time every year.

meteorobs@latrade.com wrote:

> GeoZay????Where are you observing from*****Loni<Spokane>
>
> ----------
> > From: GeoZay@aol.com
> > To: meteorobs@latrade.com
> > Subject: (meteorobs) meteor observations aug 20/21 ZAYGE
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 8:11 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > 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




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