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(meteorobs) East GA Eclipse Meteors

     Like many others, I ventured out into the cold to view the eclipse, but
having seen so many in the past, I was more interested in, what else, meteors.
While I knew I wouldn't have much time with dark skies, I put in
an observing session anyway.  My average LM during the session was
5.77.
     Lo and behold, I did actually see a few!  Most were very faint,
and I have some doubt as to the accuracy of my magnitude call
on the first two as the sky was not too dark before 11:00 local, when the
moon finally went into the earth's shadow.
     As for the eclipse itself, while beautiful as always, it was pretty
run-of-the-mill, with no colors except the usual light orange-red.

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OBSERVER:  Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI)  DATE:  01-20/21-00
BEGIN: 03:35UT  END 05:22UT  LOCATION:  Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W;  32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape    Elev 240 ft
Facing South
1 period, sky 0% obscured, No breaks
Period 1  3:35 - 05:22 UT  SPO(10) DCA(1)
Dead time = 3 min  Teff = 1.73  F= 1.0
SolarLong. 300.436

Limiting Magnitudes
03:35 UT  (IMO 9)+4.78  (IMO 8)+5.43 (IMO 17)+5.64 
03:42 UT  (IMO 9)+4.78  (IMO 8)+5.51 (IMO 17)+5.64
03:53 UT  (IMO 9)+5.42  (IMO 8)+5.73 (IMO 17)+5.99
04:05 UT  (IMO 9)+5.44  (IMO 8)+5.73 (IMO 17)+6.09
04:28 UT  (IMO 9)+5.58  (IMO 8)+5.73 (IMO 17)+6.09
04:50 UT  (IMO 9)+5.73  (IMO 8)+5.84 (IMO 17)+6.09
          (IMO 4)+6.20
05:14 UT  (IMO 9)+5.92  (IMO 8)NODATA(IMO 17)+6.09
          (IMO 4)+6.37

Center FOV (UT)
04:04  7hr20min +17
05:01  8hr10    +20

Showers Observed
DCA(1)   130   +19
SPO(10)

Mag Distribution
SPO(10)       +2(1) +3(3) +4(4) +5(2)
DCA(1)              +3(1)

Period 1 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
01  03:35   SPO   +4  3
02  03:36   SPO   +3  3
03  03:55   SPO   +3  4
04  04:16   SPO   +5  2
05  04:40   SPO   +4  2
06  04:51   SPO   +3  2
07  05:01   SPO   +4  4
08  05:02   SPO   +4  5
09  05:09   SPO   +2  3
10  05:10   SPO   +5  2
11  05:12   DCA   +3  2

I took limiting magnitude counts every ten minutes
during the first 30 minutes due to "instability"
of the sky while the moon was eclipsing.

 
 

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