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(meteorobs) [IMO-News] Summary of Geminids Observations (13-14) From Malta
[Edited for formatting... -Lew]
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:13:07 +0100
To: imo-news@egroups.com, maltastro@egroups.com
From: Martin Galea De Giovanni <martingd@maltanetdot net>
Subject: [IMO-News] Summary of Geminids Observations (13-14) From Malta
Hi,
Two teams of observers braved the cold winds , and were rewarded with a
show from the twin chaps up in the skies above.
One team was stationed in Mnajdra (limits of Qrendi) while another team
went up far north to Ahrax Tal Mellieha. This was done for the purpose of
triangulation (the results will be communicated at a later stage).
The weather was generally clear with small patches of stray clouds at long
intervals. The Geminids were quite spectacular ; slow moving , bright and
frequent , that managed to keep the observers wide awake (in most of the
cases ) after the disastrous Leonids's weather they seemed to be the
consolation prize !
Here is a summary of the reports showing starting and end times and
calculated ZHR's (for GEMINIDS ONLY) . Detailed reports have been sent to
visuals@IMO
obs. date beg time end time teff lm GEM ORI MON HYD SPO TOT ZHR GEM
[UT] [UT] [min][mag]
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Team A
GALMR 13-14 21:45 04:00 375 5.8 408 9 4 1 40 462 135
TANTO1 13-14 21:40 22:35 54 5.1 37 # # # 6 43 194.5
TANTO2 13-14 22:54 23:42 47 5.1 48 # # # 4 52 253.1
TANTO3 13-14 01:22 02:23 59 5.1 63 # # # 10 73 270.5
Team B
FORMI 13-14 21:46 01:16 180 6.0 128 # # # 22 150 73*
ZAMJO 13-14 21:47 01:16 179 6.1 196 # # # 32 228 101*
PACAL1 13-14 21:41 22:25 43 5.9 25 # # # 11 36 77
PACAL2 13-14 23:15 23:58 42 5.9 16 # # # 10 26 43
PACAL3 13-14 00:00 00:45 44 5.9 17 # # # 5 22 52*
* ZHRs marked with a * have had corrections since last reports due to more
accurate obscuration values
TOTALS for all groups
teff=1023minutes / average lm = 5.65 / number of Geminids = 938 /
T number of meteors = 1092.
Average ZHR from all observations 133.2
TEAM A
Observation report for 13 - 14 / 12 / 1999
Location : Ahrax Tal Mellieha Malta Europe (Lat 36.00 N Long 14.22 E )
Observers :
Martin Galea De Giovanni (GALMR)
Umberto Mule' Stagno (MULUM) *
Tony Tanti (TANTO)
Please note that the Times are all in UT and of the night 13-14 / 12 / 1999
(Local Time = UT + 1)
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EAM B
Observation report for 13 - 14 / 12 / 1999
Location : Mnajdra Temples (Limits of Qrendi) Malta Europe (Lat 35.83 N
Long 14.45 E )
Observers :
Mildred Formosa (FORMI)
Joseph Zammit (ZAMJO)
Alexei Pace (PACAL)
Karen Vella (VELKA)
Cheers
Martin Galea De Giovanni
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