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(meteorobs) Observations March 21/22-00
I recieved a note from a certain friend in
Sicily to keep an eye out for any Camelopardalids that may come my way.
I checked the dates and and one source for maximum activity (which still
would not be what most folks would term "active") was given as March 21.
So I decided to go out and observe for the one dark hour that preceeded
moonrise. Besides, my hourly totals for March are terribly low, so
I figured I could at least begin to remedy that.
Wow, what activity -- two +3's, two 0's,
and three -2's! Too bad they were all satellites, aircraft and fireflies!
I did see one single bright flare at the bear's front paw that did not
repeat.
Finally at 8:31, just a few minutes before
moonrise, a fine -1 appeared and went between Procyon and Hydra's head.
It WAS quite slow and I gave it a speed of one. The wake/trail was
visible in the meteors glow, but I'd refrain from calling it a train given
the slowness of the meteor. The meteor head was plainly visible and
it had about a ten degree path. But the plot revealed it almost certainly
was not a possible CAM.
The moon rose, a deep, dark orange with a striking
.5 degree orange halo. I intend to monitor this possible fireball
shower each night before moonrise as long as the weather allows, and maybe
bring my March hourly totals back up to snuff.
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OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE:03-21/22-00
BEGIN: 00:41UT END 00:41UT LOCATION: Treutlen
Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N METHOD: Tape
Elev 240 ft Facing East
1 periods, sky 0% obscured, No breaks
Period 1 00:41 - 01:41 UT SPO(1)
Dead time =2 min Teff = 0.97 F= 1.00
SolarLong. 001.726x Avg LM = 6.28
Limiting Magnitudes
00:52 UT (IMO 4)+6.37 (IMO 17)+6.09
01:23 UT (IMO 4)+6.54 (IMO 17)+6.11
Center FOV - Midperiod (UT)
Period 1 9hrsx +45x
Showers Observed
VIR(0) 190x -1x
SPO(1)
Mag Distribution
Period 1
SPO(1) -1(1)
Meteor Data
Period 1
(Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed, Accuracy/plot #)
01 01:31 SPO -1
1 3 A
Accuracy scale(1-3) 1/best 2/medium 3/worst