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(meteorobs) Perseids 99 from Malta (Europe)




[Reformatted extensively for readability... -Lew Gramer]

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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:28:39 +0200
To: maltastro@egroups.com, meteorobs@jovian.com, imo-news@imodot net,
        100114.1361@compuserve.com, visual@imodot net
From: Martin Galea De Giovanni <martingd@maltanetdot net>
Subject: 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.) [For non-Windows users, and even for
those stuck in PC-land, Lew Gramer has reformated the following...]




Martin Galea De Giovanni
Malta Astronomical Summer Project Co-ordinator

The Malta Astronomical website can be found at www.cyberlobby.com/maltastro


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Observations on 1-2/8/1999

Observer  Start Time End Time   SLM     Teff    PER     Spor    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     Teff    PER     Spor    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     Teff    PER     Spor    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     Teff    PER     Spor    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     Teff    PER     Spor    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     Teff    PER     Spor    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.)=20
Total number of Perseids meteors (Aug.01-13) : 748 meteors
Total number of Sporadic meteors (Aug.01-13) : 175 meteors

============================================================================
Closer look at the Maximum
============================================================================

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     Teff    PER     Spor    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 min)


Observer : ZAMJO

Start Time      End Time        SLM     Teff    PER     Spor    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 min)


Observer : MIZDA

Start Time      End Time        SLM     Teff    PER     Spor    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 min)


Observer :  GALAD

Start Time      End Time        SLM     Teff    PER     Spor    ZHR
01:13           01:43           5.4     28      21      2       150.96
01:43           02:07           5.4     23      9       4       082.52 (24 min)


Observer :  GATFR

Start Time      End Time        SLM     Teff    PER     Spor    ZHR
01:10           01:40           5.4     28      17      3       157.45
01:40           02:10           5.4     28      15      1       132.14


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