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(meteorobs) Bright GA Geminids

     I had another very satisfying session last night.  With no clouds at all to worry with, I put in 3 hrs from 12 to 3 A.M. local time.  Geminid rates fell through the session, from 34 to 22 to 18 per period.  Most remarkable about this night after the Geminid peak was the presence of many more bright meteors over last night.  A glance at the magnitude distribution for the entire session is telling --
-4(1) -3(1) -2(4) -1(2) 0(12) +1(7) +2(19) +3(13) +4(8) +5(5)
--all in all a very good three hours, with 107 meteors seen including two fireballs. 
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OBSERVER Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) Dec 14/15 1999
BEGIN 5:01UT  END 8:07UT  LOCATION:  Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W;  32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape/Counting    Elev 240 ft
Facing South
1 periods, sky 0% obscured 

Period 1  5:01-6:03UT  SPO C(9) GEM C(34) HYD C(0)
Dead time = 2 min  Teff = 1.00
Period 2  6:03-7:05UT  SPO C(7) GEM C(22) HYD C(2)
Dead time = 2 min  Teff = 1.00
Period 3  7:05-8:07UT  SPO C(12)GEM C(18) HYD C(3)
 
Limiting Magnitudes
05:15 UT  (IMO 4)+6.54  (IMO 8)+6.36
05:45 UT  (IMO 4)+6.67  (IMO 8)+6.36
06:15 UT  (IMO 4)+6.67  (IMO 17)+6.54
06:45 UT  (IMO 4)+6.54  (IMO 17)+6.56
07:15 UT  (IMO 4)+6.67  (IMO 17)+6.54
07:45 UT  (IMO 4)+6.54  (IMO 17)+6.54
 
Center FOV (UT)
 05:01  5hr45min     +08
 06:03  6hr55min     +10
 07:05  8hr          +10
 08:07  9hr          +14
 

Showers Observed
GEM(74)  113   +33
HYD(5)   130   +01
MON(/)   Not Observed
SPO(28)

Mag Distribution
05:01-05:28UT
GEM(16)         0(2) +1(3)  +2(4)  +3(5)  +4(1) +5(1)
SPO(5)                      +2(1)  +3(1)  +4(1) +5(2)
HYD(0)

05:29-06:02UT
GEM(18)-4(1) -2(1) -1(1) 0(3) +1(1)  +2(4)  +3(3) +4(2) +5(2) 
HYD(0)                               +2(2)
SPO(4)                               +2(1)        +4(2) +5(1)

6:03-7:04UT
GEM(22) -3(1) -1(1)  0(3) +1(3)  +2(7) +3(3) +4(4)
HYD(2)                                   +3(1) +4(1)
SPO(4)                           +2(1)       +4(2) +5(4)

7:05-8:07
GEM(18)  -2(3) -1(2) 0(4) +2(4)  +3(2)  +4(1)  +5(2)
HYD(3)               0(1)        +3(1)         +5(1)
SPO(12)                   +2(1)  +3(5)         +5(6)