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(meteorobs) Re: Geminids 13./14. dec, from MBK, Slovenia
Jure,
Congratulations on your fantastic Geminid observations! I hope this
makes up for the loss of the Leonids. Good luck to you for the Quads!
Clear Skies!
Bob
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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