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(meteorobs) Fwd: Perseids from IRAN




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From: hasanzad@PHYSICS.sharif.ac.ir
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:42:39 EDT
To: imo-news@imodot net
Cc: hasanzad@PHYSICS.sharif.ac.ir

From:	PHYSIC::HASANZAD     25-AUG-1999 11:24:02.17
To:	MX%"imo-news@imodot net"
CC:	HASANZAD
Subj:	perseids from IRAN(1)

                                         north star group(N.S.G)
                                               Rasht-Iran
Dear colleagues,
    
first perseids meteor stream report:
12,13 aug 1999         place:Zyar-Isfahan-Iran  lat:32.4N   long:52.0E
1)Davod     Hammati                           observer
2)Amir      Hasanzadeh                        observer
3)Mostafa   Mosavizadeh                       observer
4)Soheil    Khoshbinfar                       photographer
5)Ali       Jafari                            writer of notes
     first information:
     coordinates of center of radiant:  DEC:+58       RA:46   (degree)
        r=2.6       {ref:1999 meteor shower calender}
 
period    the number of    mag. of the most  length of   the number of   most
 (UT)       meteors            luminous        longest      sporadic     color
                                (+_0.5)        (degree) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21:00-21:30     22              -5               15           6         yellow
21:30-22:00     33              -2               15           11        yellow
22:00-22:30     22              -1.5             15           9         yellow
22:30-23:00     26              -2               15           7         yellow
23:00-23:30     36              -2               15           6         yellow
23:30-00:00     30              -5.5             15           6         yellow
00:00-00:30     35              -4.5             15           9         yellow
00:30-01:00     23              -2.5             15           6         yellow
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
length(degree)      1-6           6-11           11-16
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
number               98            108            22            total:228
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

| magnitude |  6.9-6.0   5.9-5.0   4.9-4.0    3.9-3.0   2.9-2.0   1.9-1.0

----------- |--------------------------------------------------------------
| number    |    0          2          8           44       52       48

            0.9     0    -1    -2    -3    -4    -5    -6
             |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |    
magnitude    0.1  -0.9  -1.9  -2.9  -3.9  -4.9  -5.9  -6.9
------------------------------------------------------------
number       15    34    13    5      2     1    2      0
-----------------------------------------------------------
             average mag=+1.51

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
color of      yellow  yellow-white  yellow-orange  blue  white red  blue-white
 meteors    
number         120       24            23            9     36   2       2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

period(UT)   N     LM     ST     C       CP       Haverage      ZHR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:00-21:30  22   6.0  21h  55m  0       2.2      35.5(degree)  112+_24
21:30-22:00  33   6.0  22h  25m  0       2.4      39.6          160+_28
22:00-22:30  22   5.8  22h  55   0       2.4      43.4          116+_24
22:30-23:00  26   5.8  23h  25m  0       2.4      47.2          126+_24
23:00-23:30  36   5.8  23h  55m  0       2.4      51.0          160+_22
23:30-00:00  30   5.8  00h  25   0       2.4      54.6          124+_22
00:00-00:30  35   5.7  00h  55   0       2.4      57.8          150+_26
00:30-01:00  23   4.8  01   25   0       2.4      60.5          220+_46
------------------------------------------------------------------------
notes and formula:
N  the number of meteors
Haverage: average altitude of center of radiant
C:cloud
ST:sidereal time(begin period)
nobs=3
CP:coefficient of perception
            6.5-lm
ZHR=( N * r       *cp )/(               k           ) 
                         nobs*[sin(Hav)] *Teff*(1-c) num observers    k=1.4

              (6.5-Lm)                           
cp = (Ns* 3.4          )/(Teff*10)        0.4 =< cp <= 2.5

Ns:the number of sporadics

{ref: Jenniskens P.  astron.astrophys.287}

                                                     Amir Hassanzadeh
                                      sharif university of technology

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