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(meteorobs) Pre-Dawn Obs July 23/24 and 25/26
As with much of the East Coast, my July was shrouded in clouds and
the new moon period was almost a total loss. With only a few days left
until full moon, I was finally able to get two isolated periods in just
before dawn, this past Saturday and Monday mornings....
Saturday morning threatened to be a complete wash -- however things
finally cleared to a haze that left me with just enough LM to work with
right before dawn. I observed nine meteors during the 50 minutes or so
while I waited for the sky to clear, then nine more during the official
period.
OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI)
DATE: 07-23/24-99
BEGIN: 08:05 UT END 09:23 UT LOCATION: Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev 240 ft
Facing SSE 1 period
Period 1 08:05 - 09:23 UT PER (2) SDA(1) SPO (6) Teff = 1.4
LM's 8:05 UT +5.49 (IMO 6); +4.72 (IMO 21)
8:36 UT +5.80 (IMO 6); +5.54 (IMO 21)
9:00 UT +5.49 (IMO 6); +4.72 (IMO 21)
FOV-Pegasus
Mag Distribution
SPO +2(2) +3(2) +4(1) +5(1)
SDA +3(1)
PER +3(1) +4(1)
Period 1 (Time, Shower, Mag, Speed)
1 08:07 SPO +4 5
2 08:16 PER +4 5
3 08:35 SPO +3 5
4 08:37 SPO +5 3
5 08:48 SPO +3 3
6 08:50 PER +3 5
7 08:58 SPO +2 5
8 09:18 SDA +3 2
9 09:20 SPO +2 4
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On Monday morning I must have misread my planetarium software,
as it indicated a setting moon at around 4:00 UT. However, the moon
actually didn't set until more like 4:30, so this period was observed
under
moonlight until that time. Rates were high from then until just after
9:00
UT, as I saw 12 meteors in only 35 minutes of Teff. For what it's
worth, here it is...
OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI)
DATE: 07-25/26-99
BEGIN: 08:05 UT END 09:18 UT LOCATION: Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev 240 ft
Facing SSE 1 periods
Sky 0% obscured: Moonlight (near full) first 20 minutes.
Period 1 08:05 - 09:18 UT PER(1) CAP(1) SDA (1) PAU(1) SPO(09) Teff
= 1.3
Center FOV--Cetus
Dead time p1-05min
LM's 8:10 UT +5.08 (IMO 6); +4.72 (IMO 21)
8:35 UT +5.49 (IMO 6); +4.72 (IMO 21)
9:15 UT +6.13 (IMO 6); +5.98 (IMO 21)
Mag Distribution
PAU +4(1)
PER +4(1)
CAP +2(1)
SDA +2(1)
SPO +1(2) +2(2) +3(1) +4(2) +5(2)
Period 1 (Time, Shower, Mag, Speed)
1 08:08 SPO +1 5 (Cetus)
2 08:27 SPO +2 3 1 sec train
3 08:31 CAP +2 2
4 08:32 SPO +4 4
5 08:35 SPO +2 5
6 08:36 SPO +4 4 bluish train
7 08:43 SPO +5 2
8 08:52 PER +4 5
9 08:53 SPO +3 3
10 08:54 JPE +5 4
11 08:56 SDA +2 4
12 08:59 SPO +4 3
13 09:03 SPO +1 4 2 sec train
Oubursts, Everyone
Kim S. Youmans
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