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(meteorobs) Pre-Dawn Obs 06-12/13-99



I was out Sunday morning for about 2 hrs of Teff and enjoyed the
clearest skies I've seen in some time.  I didn't look up my star count
until I got home, when I was a bit shocked to learn I'd been gazing up
at the Draco region with a 6.63 LM!  This count persisted into the
second hour of Teff.  I couldn't tease out as many stars in Cygnus,
however...  I did  notice an increase in the number of faint, indistinct

but localized  "flashes."
     Meteor #2, which was plotted, was a medium fast mag 2 of about 6-
7degrees arc length just a degree left of Deneb, lining up with Vega.
It was the only activity spotted originating from the Draco/Lyra region
during the session.  Cygnus was near my FOV.


OBSERVER:  Kim S. Youmans  DATE:  06-12/13-99
BEGIN: 06:45 UT  END 09:11 UT  LOCATION:  Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W;  32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape    Elev 240 ft
Facing ENE
2 periods, sky 0% obscured both periods
Period 1  06:45 - 07:59 UT  SPO (11)  Teff = 1.13
avg LM=6.55  (IMO areas 14 & 1)
Period 2  08:02 - 09:11 UT  SPO (8)  Teff= 1.1
avg LM=6.44  (IMO areas 14 & 1)

Center FOV
06:45  20hr 20min    +40 deg
07:45  21hr 20min    +35 deg
08:40  12hr              +30 deg

Dead time p1- 6min   p2=3 min 1 break = 3 min

Mag Distribution
SPO   +1(2) +2(7)  +3(5)  +4(3) +5(2)

Period 1 (Time, Shower, Mag, Speed)
1   06:59:06  SPO   +2    2
2   07:05:40  SPO   +1    4   June Lyrid(?) (plotted)
3   07:15:05  SPO   +5    3
4   07:14:33  SPO   +1    5 1 sec train
5   07:21:50  SPO   +2    3
6   07:29:12  SPO   +4    2 very brief
7   07:38:42  SPO   +3    5
8   07:50:13  SPO   +2    5  1 sec train
9   07:54:22 SPO    +3    2
10   07:54:26 SPO    +4    3
11   07:58:21 SPO    +3    3

Period 2 (Time, Shower, Mag, Speed)
12   08:02:58  SPO   +2    3
13   08:05:25  SPO   +2    4    1 sec train
14   08:13:03  SPO   +3    4   .5 sec wake
15   08:24:05  SPO   +3    5
16   08:26:45  SPO   +5    5
17   08:32:24  SPO   +2    4
18   08:34:45  SPO   +4    3
19   09:03:19  SPO   +2    3    very, very brief


Outbursts everyone!
                               Kim S. Youmans.









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