-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1
0 1 2 3
4 5 6
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1 2 2 5 8
26 61 135 331 701 768 562
429 43 = 3074
...the drop-off from +5 to +6 is still
fairly steep. Overall, the distribution gives a very nice curve peaking
at +3 with +2 very near the peak. There is no saw tooth effect,
so I must not be *too* biased towards any of the magnitude ranges.
Any further interpretation of my magnitude perception I will leave for
more experienced observers to determine, if the above table is at all useful
for such analysis.
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I was, I feel, quite fortunate to see five major
showers at their local peak in less than a year's time, though one, the
2000 Quadrantids, are not included in the below shower totals. The
Lyrids, Perseids, Leonids and (to a lesser degree) Geminids were good to
me. Even though clouds forced me to miss the Orionid's peak, I still
somehow managed to pull a rabbit out of that hat with a peak OHR of 21/hr
the following night! Here, then, are my shower totals for 1999...
SPO 1867 PER 292
LEO 228 GEM 192 ORI 102
STA 92 NTA 66
LYR 63 ETA 38
DAU 30 HYD 24 SPI
22 EGE 12 MON
8
OAR 7 SAG
6 NIA 5
VIR 4 XOR 4
JPE 3 CAP 3
DLE 2 SIA
2 KCG 2
PAU 1 SDA 1
AUR 1 GIA 1
The SAG totals above are actually part of the SPO totals, and other ecliptic minor shower members undoubtedly belong in SPO also, but I have not had time to straighten out all that messiness for this report, nor do I fully understand it all, anyway!
Clearest, Most Transparent Skies to All!
Kim Youmans