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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