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(meteorobs) Observations October 3/4 1999
Greetings All
Another clear night, at least at the start before the moon came up on the
3rd/4th October. Here are my obervations for this session. Hope the format
is OK if it's not just scream at me and I'll try to correct it.
Cheers
David
DATE: 3/4 October 1999 BEGIN: 20:30 UT END: 22:45 UT
OBSERVER: D. M. Swain
LOCATION: Long: 1d 56' 20" West; Lat: 51d 42' 12" North
City & State: Cirencester, GLOS, England Elevation: 110 metres
RECORDING METHOD: Manual/Plotting:
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes)
SPO
AND
NPI
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
(On average, 10 sec/meteor should be subtracted for recording purposes.)
0 = None seen; / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT) FIELD LM --- --- --- AND SPO
20:30-21:30UT 01h +50 +5.5 001 007
21:30-22:45UT 02h +40 +5.6 002 006
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTAL
SPO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 7 3 0 016
AND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 001
NPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 002
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SKY OBSCURED:
__0__% FROM: 20:30 UT __0__% FROM: 21:30 UT
TO: 21:30 UT TO: 22:45 UT
_____% FROM: UT _____% FROM: UT
TO: UT TO: UT
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DEAD TIME: 9.0m
BREAKS: None
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
20:40 18 10 5.6
21:40 18 11 5.6
MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: +5.6
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METEOR DATA:
SPEED
# TIME(UT) SHOWER MAG (1-5) COLOR TRAIN(SEC) MAP #* ACCURACY*
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1 20:33 SPO 0 3 W -
2 20:39 SPO +3 3 - -
3 20:45 SPO +5 3 - -
4 21:05 SPO +4 3 - -
5 21:11 SPO +4 3 - -
6 21:16 AND +2 1 - -
7 21:31 SPO +4 3 - -
8 21:35 SPO -2 5 W -
9 21:40 NPI +1 2 - -
10 21:42 SPO +4 3 - -
11 22:00 SPO +2 3 - -
12 22:03 SPO +5 3 - -
13 22:14 SPO 0 4 - -
14 22:22 SPO +4 3 - -
15 22:26 NPI +3 2 - -
16 22:32 SPO +4 3 - -
17 22:35 SPO 0 3 W -
18 22:40 SPO +5 3 - -
19 22:40 SPO +4 3 - -
SPEED (VELOCITY) SCALE:
0 = Stationary
1 = Very Slow
2 = Slow
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast
NOTE: The astericks (*) above indicate for plotting use only. If you
are counting, ignore these categories.
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REMARKS:
Air very still. Pervasive low level local light pollution with low pressure
Sodium lighting. Otherwise a pretty good sky
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