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(meteorobs) NAMN Report 1999 AUG 9/10 HALWA



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NAMN METEOR REPORT

DATE 1999 AUG 9/10
Time (UT) Start 0420 UT  End 0737 UT
OBSERVER: Wayne T Hally (HALWA)
LOCATION: NJAA OBSERVATORY, HIGH BRIDGE, NJ USA (25186)
COORDINATES: 74d 53' 54" West   40d 40' 52" North
ELEVATION: 830 feet (253 Meters)

Recording Method- Tape recorder
no dead time

TIME CALCULATIONS

TOTAL TIME 3:17
Break Time 0:03 0527-0530 (Bear Scare)
Break Time 0:32 0643-0715 (Clouds >20%)
Net   Time 2:42
----------------
Teff 2.70 Hours

SKY OBSCURED-
Period 1- none
Periods 2 and 3 ...highly variable.
37 estimates made..raw data available upon request
meteors@eclipsedot net

OBSERVED SHOWERS- Radiant diameters per IMO handbook
IMO Active
----------
PER 043 +58 (Includes DMS Per 042 +58)
NDA 335 -05 (dAN)
SIA 339 -14 (iAZ)
SDA 349 -13 (dAZ)
KCG 284 +58 (DMS kCy 283 +49)
CAP 318 -06 (Cap)
-----------------

METEORS OBSERVED
Time        FOV   Teff   F    LM  PER NDA SIA SDA KCG CAP SPO Tot
0420-0527 341 +13 1.12 1.00 +5.23  6   1   1   1   1   0   10  20
0530-0643 353 +24 1.22 1.07 +5.26  8   3   1   0   0   1    7  20
0715-0737 010 +29 0.37 1.09 +5.17  1   1   0   0   0   0    4   6
-----------------------------------------------------------------
0420-0737 353 +24 2.70 1.04 +5.23  15  5   2   1   1   1   21  46

Az/Alt FOV P1 135 +55, P2 145 +70, P3 130 +73

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS
Mag -6 -5 -4 -3  -2  -1   0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5  Mean
-------------------------------------------------------
PER  1  0  2  0  1.5 1.5 1.5  2  1.5  2   2   0  +0.03
NDA  0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0   2  0.5 2.5  0  +3.10
SIA  0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0.5 0.5  1   0  +3.25
SPO  0  0  0  0   1   0   1   2  4.5  6  4.5  2  +2.62
SDA (1)+3, KCG (1)+5, CAP (1)+2.5

LIMITING MAGNITUDE
LM Summary
Time LM
0430 +5.20
0500 +5.20
0530 +5.30
0600 +5.30
0630 +5.17
0715 +5.20

LM Data
Time Area Cnt LM  Time Area Cnt LM  Time Area Cnt LM
0430  6   5  5.3  0430  18  9  5.1  0430  5   5  5.2
0500  6   5  5.4  0500  18  8  5.0  0500  5   5  5.2
0530  6   6  5.5  0530  18  9  5.2  0530  5   5  5.2
0600  6   6  5.5  0600  18  9  5.1  0600
0630  6   6  5.5  0630  18  8  5.0  0630  2   5  5.0
0715  6   6  5.5  0715  18  9  5.1  0715  2   5  5.0

METEOR DATA
Num Time Mag Spd Train  Shwr  Notes
1  0423  +2   3    -    SPO   
2  0423  +4   4    -    PER
3  0428  +4   2    -    SPO
4  0431 +0.5  3   1.5   PER
5  0432  +3   2    -    SPO   in PEG
6  0437  +4   1    -    SPO   very short
7  0437  +2   3   Wk    PER
8  0443  +2   3    -    NDA
9  0445   0   3   1.5   PER   near dome
10 0445  -4   4   3.0   PER   04:45:30 30d Long, past AQL
11 0446  +3   3    -    SPO
12 0448  +3   2    -    SPO   very short
13 0450  +5   3    -    SPO   CAS ---> a-AND
14 0506  +1   4    -    SPO   SEE NOTE; long, thru CYG
15 0507 +3.5  2    -    SPO   short
16 0510 +2.5  2    -    SIA
17 0513 +1.5  4    -    PER
18 0516  +4   3    -    SPO
19 0521  +3   3    -    SDA   close to radiant
20 0525  +5   2    -    KCG
-----------------------------------------------
21 0533  +3   4    -    PER
22 0535  +4   4    -    NDA
23 0542  +1   3   1.0   SPO   from out of TAU
24 0549  +4   2    -    SIA
25 0552 +2.5  2    -    CAP
26 0554  +2   1    -    SPO   
27 0555 +3.5  3    -    NDA
28 0557  -2   3   Wk    SPO   SEE NOTE
29 0557  -1   3   2.0   PER   close to radiant
30 0559  -2   4   1.5   PER
31 0604   0   4    -    SPO   very short
32 0610  +1   4    -    PER   near AQL
33 0615  -6   4   15.0  PER   06:15:35
34 0626  +3   3    -    SPO   short
35 0626  +3   5   Wk    PER
36 0633  -4   4   2.0   PER   06:33:18
37 0636  +4   3    -    PER   close to radiant
38 0638  +2   3    -    NDA
39 0639  +2   3    -    SPO   very short
40 0641  +4   3    -    SPO   very short
-----------   BREAK CLOUDS >20%  ----------------
41 0719  +2   3    -    SPO
42 0721 +2.5  5    -    SPO
43 0728  +5   3    -    SPO
44 0728 -1.5  3    -    PER   very close to radiant
45 0731  +4   3    -    NDA
46 0734  +3   3    -    SPO
-----------   SESSION ENDED, CLOUDS >20%---------

SESSION NOTES

General Notes
1. All Times UT
2. Speed 1=very slow 2=slow 3=Medium 4=fast 5=very fast
3. Train is measured in seconds; Wk=Wake (<0.5sec)
4. Plot Accuracy 1=very accurate 2=medium 3=poor
5. In notes Column, 3 or 4 letter codes are for Non-IMO associations.
These include Old IMO showers, ALPO, DMS, Cook, and Kronk lists.
6. What was supposed to be an all clear night deteriorated. 
Poor LM was probably due to thin cirrostratus between visible
cloud elements.
7. Meteors #14 and #18 were very Perseid like, however missed
radiant by between 15 and 20 degrees. Several like this were
also noticed the previous night.
8. Fireball reports filed for Perseid Meteors # 10, 33, and 36

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