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Re: (meteorobs) Pre-Dawn Obs July 23/24 and 25/26
Yes, George, it seems I wasn't wide awake when I keyed in that report! I
switched 4:00 am local time with 8:00 UT...of course they are the same but I
failed to note the switch from local to UT. As for the 35 minutes of teff, I was
referring to the interval of time from 8:27 to 9:03 (UT!) when rates were highest
during the period. What I probably should have said was "out of 1.3 hrs of teff,
one 35 minute period produced 12 meteors."
Hope it makes more sense now, George! And I'm glad you pointed this
out; one reason I post my reports is so that any mistakes I make can be weeded
out. Give yourself a cardboard star! Fortunately this was only garbled
commentary and not from the report itself. Kim
GeoZay@aol.com wrote:
> ______________________________________________
> kim>> 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<<
> ---------------------------
>
> I'm trying to figure from your report, where does the 35 minutes of Teff come
> in? Or is it 1.3 Teff hours and you are somehow referring to a 35 minute
> period within the 1.3 hours?
>
> You also seem to indicate that you observed from 4:00 UT till 9:00 UT but
> come up with only 35 minutes of Teff or 1.3 hours? Did you take an unshown
> break?
>
> The way you have it worded, it doesn't make much apparent sense?
> GeoZay
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