OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE: 10-07/08-99
BEGIN: 04:40 UT END 7:23 UT LOCATION: Treutlen
Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev 240 ft
Facing South
2 periods, sky 0% obscured
Period 1 4:40 - 5:46UT SPO(9) OAR(4) Teff = 1.05
Dead time = 3min
Period 2 5:52 - 7:23UT SPO(11) ORI(2) OAR(3) DAU(2)
NTA(1) STA(1) Teff = 1.416
Dead time = 6min
Limiting Magnitudes
05:00 UT (IMO 6)+6.59 (IMO 18)+6.52
05:30 UT (IMO 6)+6.60 (IMO 18)+6.55
06:00 UT (IMO 6)+6.59 (IMO 18)+6.52
06:30 UT (IMO 6)+6.60 (IMO 18)+6.52
07:00 UT (IMO 6)+6.44 (IMO 18)+6.42
07:20 UT (IMO 2)+5.98 (IMO 18)+6.07
Center FOV (UT)
4:40 0h50min +10
5:40 2hr10min +15
6:46 3hr5min +20
Mag Distribution
SPO(20) +1(2) +2(5) +3(8) +4(2) +5(2) +6(1)
OAR(7) 0(1) +2(1) +3(1) +4(3) +5(1)
ORI(2) +2(1) +5(1)
DAU(2) +3(1) +5(1)
STA(1) +4(1)
NTA(1) +2(1)
Period 1 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
01 04:45 OAR +4 2
02 04:51 SPO +3 4
03 04:54 OAR 0 3
04 05:00 SPO +3 5
05 05:06 SPO +6 3
06 05:13 OAR +5 2
07 05:24 SPO +3 3
08 05:25 OAR +4 3
09 05:32 SPO +4 3
10 05:32 SPO +3 3
11 05:35 SPO +4 5
12 05:40 SPO +2 2
13 05:45 SPO +3 3
Period 2 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
14 06:07 ORI +5 4
15 06:13 SPO +2 3
16 06:16 SPO +1 4
17 06:19 STA +4 3
18 06:20 SPO +3 5
19 06:21 SPO +1 5
20 06:33 SPO +2 5
21 06:36 OAR +2 2
22 06:41 DAU +2 5
23 06:41 OAR +4 3
24 06:43 SPO +3 3
25 07:43 ORI +2 4
26 06:48 STA +2 3
27 06:50 SPO +2 4
28 06:58 SPO +3 3
29 06:59 DAU +3 5
30 07:00 OAR +3 2
31 07:06 NTA +2 3
32 07:10 SPO +5 5
33 07:21 SPO +5 4 very
brief
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I appeared to be well positioned for the
Draconid nodal crossing which
was to occur around 11:00 PM local (3:00 UT) the night of this
session.
So I arrived at my site quite early (just after 8:30pm local).
The first period began with very clear skies but that degraded
rather quickly.
The clouds moved to the south and hung there the rest
of the session.
I was facing north to monitor possible GIA's. These southerly
clouds did, however, prevent me from positively identifying
any of the ecliptic area radiants. Haze set in for the entire
session after Period 1.
For my troubles, I saw one Draconid, as soon as I
began -- I had
barely sat down in my lawn chair. Then I saw no more.
But I was
rewarded with a high number of bright meteors, including a nice
-3.
OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE: 10-08/09-99
BEGIN: 00:37 UT END 5:08 UT LOCATION: Treutlen
Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev 240 ft
Facing North at avg dec +55 4 periods
Sky 5% obstructed by a tree all periods
Period 1 0:37 - 1:40UT SPO(4) GIA(1) Teff = 1.016
Dead time = 2min
Period 2 1:52 - 2:55UT SPO(9) Teff = 1.016
Dead time = 2min
Period 3 3:04 - 4:05UT SPO(9) Teff = 1.00
Dead time = 1min
Period 4 4:06 - 5:08UT SPO(5) Teff = 1.00
Dead time = 2min
Limiting Magnitudes (UT)
00:45 (IMO 1)+6.28 (IMO 14)+6.04
01:00 (IMO 1)+6.06 (IMO 14)+5.91
01:30 (IMO 1)+5.96 (IMO 14)+5.58
02:00 (IMO 1)+5.25 (IMO 14)+5.06
02:15 (IMO 5)+5.25 (IMO 14)+5.06
02:30 (IMO 5)+5.16 (IMO 14)+5.06
02:45 (IMO 5)+5.16 (IMO 14)+5.06
03:00 (IMO 5)+5.16 (IMO 14)+5.06
03:15 (IMO 5)+4.45 (IMO 14)+4.73
03:30 (IMO 5)+4.45 (IMO 14)+4.79
03:45 (IMO 6)+5.49 (IMO 14)+5.06
04:00 (IMO 6)+6.14 (IMO 14)+5.58
04:15 (IMO 6)+6.25 (IMO 14)+5.91
04:30 (IMO 6)+6.17 (IMO 18)+5.16
05:00 (IMO 6)+6.13 (IMO 18)+5.67
Center FOV (UT)
0:37 20hr +66
1:52 21hr +50
3:05 22hr +60
4:05 23hr25min +55
5:00 0hr45min +52
Mag Distribution
SPO(27) -3(1) -2(1) -1(1) 0(4) +1(1)
+2(4) +3(7) +4(7) +5(1)
GIA(1) +2(1)
Sky 5% obscured (clouds) at 01:23, becoming 10%
obscured by 1:30, then becoming 60% obscured by 1:40(end of period)
Clouds moved out of FOV to the SE & SW and lingered there
the remainder of session. Heavy haze after period 1 for
entire session.
Period 1 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
01 00:38 GIA +2 2 see
remarks
02 00:45 SPO +1 3 .5
sec wake
03 01:02 SPO +3 5
04 01:19 SPO +3 3
05 01:27 SPO +4 3
Period 2 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
06 02:30 SPO +3 2
07 02:32 SPO +2 2
08 02:39 SPO -1 3 train
09 02:40 SPO +3 3
10 02:44 SPO +5 2
11 02:45 SPO +4 4
12 02:46 SPO +3 3
13 02:50 SPO +3 4
14 02:55 SPO +4 2
Period 3 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
15 03:21 SPO +0 4
16 03:25 SPO +0 3
17 03:30 SPO +2 3
18 03:34 SPO +4 3
19 03:38 SPO +4 4
20 03:48 SPO -2 4
21 03:56 SPO +3 3
22 03:59 SPO -3 5 see remarks
23 04:00 SPO 0 4 2 sec
train
Period 4 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
24 04:08 SPO +0 4 train
25 04:29 SPO +2 3
26 04:33 SPO +4 5
27 04:39 SPO +2 5
28 04:48 SPO +4 3
Remarks: The only GIA seen was meteor 1. It was a near
pointer
right at the radiant. It was just a degree or two north of
the given
radiant...zenithal attraction?
Meteor 22 was greenish/bluish with a long path, at -3.
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Finally, this is the session for last
night (Sept 14/15), and I
again struggled against haze, and my lower rates
obviously reflect this. Rates were OK the first
period but fell quite a bit the 2nd. I was forced to
end a planned third period when clouds slowly wiped
everything out by 09:40 UT. I added the usable, clear portion
to Period Two since no break was taken.
The Orionids were active, particularly during
Period
One. I observed for ORI's, EGE's, NTA's, STA's, and
SPO's.
Again, I feel my lower rates are in large part a reflection
of the poor LM's due to haze.
OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE: 10-14/15-99
BEGIN: 06:50 UT END 9:21 UT LOCATION: Treutlen
Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev 240 ft
Facing South
2 periods, sky 0% obscured
Period 1 6:50 - 7:53UT SPO(6) ORI(6) NTA(1) EGE(1)
Teff = 1.016 Dead time = 2min
Period 2 7:57 - 9:21UT SPO(8) ORI(3) EGE(1)
Teff = 1.33 Dead time = 4min
Limiting Magnitudes
07:00 UT (IMO 17)+5.46 (IMO 2)+5.54
07:30 UT (IMO 17)+5.64 (IMO 2)+5.54
08:00 UT (IMO 17)+5.91 (IMO 2)+5.79
08:30 UT (IMO 17)+5.61 (IMO 2)+5.60
09:00 UT (IMO 17)+5.21 (IMO 2)+5.15
Center FOV (UT)
7:00 3h35min +12
5:40 4hr40min +18
6:46 5hr50min +20
Mag Distribution
SPO(14) -1(1) +1(1) +2(4) +3(3) +4(5)
ORI(9) +1(3) +2(2) +3(3) +4(1)
EGE(2) +2(1) +4(1)
NTA(1) +2(1)
Period 1 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
01 06:51 SPO -1 3
train green
02 06:53 SPO +2 3
03 07:00 ORI +1 4
train
04 07:05 NTA +2 2
very brief
05 07:13 ORI +2 4
train
06 07:21 ORI +2 5
07 07:26 ORI +3 4
09 07:31 EGE +4 5
10 07:33 SPO +3 2
11 07:36 SPO +1 1
12 07:40 SPO +3 3
13 07:48 ORI +1 5
14 07:48 SPO +2 2 very
brief
Period 2 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
15 08:08 SPO +4 5
16 08:13 SPO +2 2 Very
brief
17 08:13 ORI +3 5
18 08:27 SPO +4 3
19 08:35 SPO +4 4
20 08:40 SPO +2 3
21 08:45 ORI +4 5
22 08:51 ORI +3 4 train
23 09:04 SPO +4 4
24 09:10 SPO +4 4
25 09:17 EGE +2 5
26 09:18 SPO +3 5
Remarks: Meteors 16 and 18 were simultaneous
but not related to same radiant.