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Re: (meteorobs) Geminids 13./14. dec, from MBK, Slovenia



Jure, that is absolutely astounding!!   You're gonna put Slovenia on the map,
man!!!  What took you so long to tell us...has your mail server been down like
mine?  Hope to chat with you tomorrow
Kim (xy)

exceld77 wrote:

> Geminids galore! My god, what a night!!!The iffy forecast turned out
> into a 100% clear sky with an unbeleivable LM of +7.3!!!
> I started at 19:10 UT, ended at 4:50 UT. In 8.86 hrs teff I saw an
> unprecedented 1117 meteors of which 837 were Geminids. The number
> of faint meteors that become visible at such  LM is awesome.
> Geminids arrived in bunches, up to 6 simultaneous meteors. The best
> hour came between 2:15 and 3:15 UT with a 139 Geminids. The second
> best hour gave 129 Geminids! The best minute came at 21:58 UT - 10
> Geminids in one minute! Also a number of fireballs. Ended up a little short
> of Bob's -9 mag Geminid, but I saw 10 fireballs - one -7 mag, one -5 mag,
> one -4 mag and seven -3 mag!!!
> I haven't had time to do any serious magnitude distribution or whatever.
> After all, 1117 is a lot of meteors...
> Hoping for clear skies for Quadrantids!
>
> Jure A.
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