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From: "David Swain" <dswain@freeuk.com>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Subject: August 10th/11th Obervations
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:25:35 +0100
Greetings List Members
Last night I finally got out to do some more observing, the first time since
last Thursday, it's been pretty bad with cloud and rain for the last five
days, it only cleared off after sunset last night with the forcast of more
clouds before morning so I took the opportunity to observe early. Possibly
this was a mistake but still I tried.
The weather, although clear was cold and the atmosphere was very, very wet
with a heavy dew, everything I was using was soaked at the end of the watch.
Also the artificial light pollution which is always present but not normally
a bother was a real problem, hence the appalling limiting magnitude.
Anyway here a my meager results from last night in BAA format for those who
are interested.
Date: 10th /11th August 1999 Observer(s): David M. Swain
Observing Site: 51o 42' 12" N 1o 56' 20" W Height 110 metres
Correspondence Address: Dormans, Preston, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 5PR
Observing Conditions: No clouds, Very Heavy Dew, Light Pollution Stellar
Lim. Mag.: +5.1
Watch Times: Start. 21:30UT End: 23:35UT Duration: 1h 34m
Code No. Time U.T. Magnitude Shower Constellation(s)In which seen Train
Details Notes
1 21:34 +4 SPO Cyg
2 21:38 0 PER And, Lac,
Cyg 2s Train White
3 21:51 +4 SPO Lac, And
4 22:21 -1 PER Cep, Cyg,
Lyr 2s Train Greenish, White
5 22:24 +3 SPO Peg
6 22:40 +1 SPO Cyg, Dra
7 22:47 +1 PER Cas
8 22:52 +3 SPO Cas, Cep
9 22:57 -3 PER Cep, Cyg,
Lyr 25s Train White
10 23:05 +2 SPO Cyg
11 23:13 +3 SPO Peg
12 23:19 +3 PER Per, Cas
13 23:22 +4 SPO And, Cas
Excuse the bad formatting I will improve on it as time goes by but it gives
an idean of the format that my obervations are reported in to the BAA Meteor
Section. Last night probably due to the bad sky conditions the meteors came
such that I could plot all of them so the constellation path descriptions
should be quite accurate, or at least as accurate as my plotting :-)
It's very cloudy here again today so I don't know what chance there is of
seeing the eclipse it's just a case of wait and see I suppose.
Cheers and clear skies to all
David
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