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(meteorobs) Persieds 99 from Malta (Europe)
Perseids 1999
Visual results in Malta (The Malta Astronomical Society. Meteor Group Section)
ZHR has been computed with:
MetShow
Thanks to Beata & Peter Zimnikoval and Stanley Kaniansky
Observers : GALMA,ZAMJO,MIZDA,CHIST,VELKE,GATFR,FARKL,
GALMA = Martin Galea De Giovanni
ZAMJO = Joseph Zammit
CHIST = Stefanie Chircop
MIZDA = Darren Mizzi
VELKE = Keith Vella
GATFR = Franco Gatt
FARKL = Klaus Farrugia
GALAD = Adrian Galea
Total Time Observed by each Observer :
ZAMJO = 977 minutes
GALMA = 773 minutes
MIZDA = 615 minutes
FARKL = 134 minutes
VELKE = 106 minutes
CHIST = 105 minutes
GATFR = 060 minutes
GALAD = 060 minutes
The Observations and the calculated ZHR's can be found in the text file
attached to this email
(For correct viewing use Microsoft notepad and make sure word wrap is
disabled)
Martin Galea De Giovanni
Malta Astronomical Summer Project Co-ordinator
The Malta Astronomical website can be found at www.cyberlobby.com/maltastro
Observations on 1-2/8/1999
Observer Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Perseids Sporadics ZHR
ZAMJO 00:13 02:00 5.2 105 5 7 14.51
Observations on 8-9/8/1999
Observer Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Perseids Sporadics ZHR
ZAMJO 22:34 01:25 5.0 167 18 21 36.56
GALMA 22:34 01:15 4.9 159 14 10 34.43
Observations on 9-10/8/1999
Observer Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Perseids Sporadics ZHR
ZAMJO 22:55 00:00 5.2 64 8 8 46.29
Observations on 10-11/8/1999
Observer Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Perseids Sporadics ZHR
ZAMJO 23:24 02:00 5.3 152 25 23 48.93
GALMA 21:46 23:46 4.9 118 12 7 46.73
MIZDA 21:46 23:46 4.6 117 10 7 52.31
CHIST 21:46 23:31 4.9 104 7 3 31.65
VELKE 21:45 23:31 4.9 105 6 2 33.24
Observations on 11-12/8/1999
Observer Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Perseids Sporadics ZHR
ZAMJO 22:35 02:10 5.4 192 37 17 59.41
GALMA 22:35 02:03 5.4 233 31 05 35.24
MIZDA 22:34 02:05 5.4 232 30 10 45.51
FARKL 22:56 01:10 5.2 131 29 06 71.62
Observations on 12-13/8/1999 (Night of the MAXIMUM)
Observer Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Perseids Sporadics ZHR
ZAMJO 22:43 03:08 5.5 259 152 41 122.80
GALMA 22:48 03:04 5.7 242 170 5 137.75 (sporadics not plotted during
maximum)
MIZDA 22:44 03:05 5.5 242 144 24 136.00
GATFR 01:10 02:10 5.4 58 32 4 139.38
GALAD 03:10 04:10 5.4 58 29 7 98.86
Total observations (Aug.01-13) : 2830 minutes (47.16hrs.)
Total number of Perseids meteors (Aug.01-13) : 748 meteors
Total number of Sporadic meteors (Aug.01-13) : 175 meteors
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Closer look at the Maximum
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The observations done on the day of the maximum have been divided into 30 minutes observations for better analysis.
Observer : GALMA
Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Persieds Sporadics ZHR
22:48 23:18 5.5 28 22 1 248.67
23:18 23:48 5.7 28 21 0 173.68
23:48 00:18 5.7 28 25 0 168.01
00:18 00:48 5.5 29 17 0 134.90
00:48 01:18 5.7 29 16 1 097.03
01:18 01:48 5.7 29 17 2 097.28
01:48 02:18 5.7 29 14 0 079.50
02:18 02:48 5.7 28 24 1 135.61
02:48* 03:04* 5.7 15* 14 0 147.13 (16 minute)
Observer : ZAMJO
Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Persieds Sporadics ZHR
22:43 23:12 5.5 28 18 5 204.23
23:13 23:42 5.5 28 18 0 180.82
23:43 00:12 5.5 28 20 4 176.40
00:13 00:42 5.5 29 16 5 127.29
00:43 01:12 5.5 29 20 9 147.16
01:13 01:42 5.5 29 18 5 124.93
01:43 02:12 5.5 29 13 6 90.05
02:13 02:42 5.2 29 13 1 115.06
02:43* 03:08* 5.2 24 16 6 169.54 (25 minute)
Observer : MIZDA
Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Persieds Sporadics ZHR
22:44 23:14 5.5 27 16 4 190.00
23:14 23:44 5.5 27 17 0 178.76
23:44 00:14 5.5 27 17 1 156.77
00:14 00:44 5.5 27 20 2 172.14
00:44 01:14 5.5 27 20 4 159.04
01:14 01:44 5.5 27 20 2 149.88
01:44 02:14 5.5 27 6 5 044.57
02:14 02:44 5.5 27 15 0 106.92
02:44* 03:05* 5.5 18 15 5 159.26 (21 minute)
Observer : GALAD
Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Persieds Sporadics ZHR
01:13 01:43 5.4 28 21 2 150.96
01:43 02:07 5.4 23 9 4 082.52 (24 minute)
Observer : GATFR
Start Time End Time SLM Effective Time Persieds Sporadics ZHR
01:10 01:40 5.4 28 17 3 157.45
01:40 02:10 5.4 28 15 1 132.14