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(meteorobs) Observations June 3/4



I was at the Hawaii Astronomical Society star party last night, and 
tried some meteorobs as well. (but its tough to keep focused on 
observing in such a jovial atmosphere!). The sky conditions were 
typical for our sea-level site, with LM around 6.0, and many clouds 
coming and going, not ideal for meteors, really.

Anyway, didnt see much activity, in 1 hr Teff, only 6 meteors. Only 
oddball, was a mag 0 "SPO", which lined up well with the ECL 
radiant, but shot straight down from near Lyra to the northern 
horizon at incredible speed! I estimate around 100°/sec. One of the 
fastest ones I have ever seen, so I ruled it out as ECL.

Lately, I have not have not seen good meteor activity, but I am not 
watching at the peak times, either. I will try Wedneday morning for 
the Arietids. No sign of the Compton re-entry, eithr, but I heard it 
occured thousands of miles away from here, not in the nearby 
corridor.

Mike.

REPORT FOLLOWS:
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OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
DATE: June 03/04, 2000
TIME: 1031 - 1221 UT (12:31am - 2:21am HST night of Jun 03/04)
LOC: Dillingham, Oahu, HI (21° 34' N, 158° 12m W)
ELEV: 3m
Conditions: Partly Cloudy. Temp 72F. RH 90%. Winds calm.
METHOD: Paper


Observing Periods Summary:
==========================

# Period(UT) FOV       Teff   F    LM      ECL  APX  OSC  SPO
  ---------- ---       ----   -    ---     ---  ---  ---  ---
1 1031-1102  18h +30   0.50  1.07  5.9      1    0    0    3
2 1150-1221  18h +30   0.50  1.00  6.0      0    1    0    1 


Periods Detail:
===============

Period #1:
----------

Mag -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
-----------------------------------------
ECL: 0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0 = 1
APX: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
OSC: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
SPO: 0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  0 = 3

DEAD TIME: 1 min


Period #2:
----------

Mag -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
-----------------------------------------
ECL: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
APX: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 = 1
OSC: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 0
SPO: 0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 = 1

DEAD TIME: 1 min

Note: The mag 0 SPO, start 19:30 +40, end 03:00 +80,
lined up well with ECL/SAG, but very fast ~100°/sec! 

END OF REPORT.

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