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(meteorobs) Perseids Aug 11/12 from RBK, Slovenia
Hi All!
This weekend I observed with other MBK Team members from
Ribniska koca.
A front passed Slovenia during Saturday daytime hours (it was still
raining at 2pm!) so we hoped for the really crisp skies up in the
mountains. We arrived to Ribniska koca at 8pm and were
welcomed by an unbelievably kind staff at the cottage. The
weather, however was severe, it was cold and very windy.
We started observing at 22h local but 35 minutes went by before I
noticed that I was not recording any of the meteors and exposures
I was taking. About 20 meteors were thus wasted. The moonless
hours were far from perfect as there always clouds here and there.
We were also covered by fog for a few minutes every now an then.
But as the moon rose, the clouds just disappeared and fog was
also gone. The observing conditions were still cruel as the
temperature was around 0°C and there was a constant (and
strong!) wind blowing from the north. I even had to stop
photographing the sky because my tripod with the camera just
knocked down.
Nevertheless, it was still enjoyable night. In 5 hours of observing I
recorded 151 Perseids and 42 other meteors. During my official
observing I saw 5 Perseid fireballs and another sporadic one. The
brightest was a -5 Perseid low in the WNW at 00:48:56 UT.
I stopped observing at 04:34 local time when the LM was just
dipping below 5.5. I was chilled to the bone!
Clear skies!
Javor
The summary:
Date: August 11/12 2001
Begin 20h 37m. End: 02h 34m. UT
Location: l= 15° 16' 09" E, fi= 46° 29' 40" N, h= 1537m
Place: Jezerski vrh, Slovenia
Observer: Javor Kac (KACJA)
Period (UT) Teff F Lm PER KCG AQU CAP Spor
20:37-22:03 0.72 1.13 6.43 5 1 1 3 2
22:07-22:37 0.50 1.03 6.14 9 0 0 0 5
22:37-23:13 0.60 1.00 6.14 12 0 0 0 2
23:13-23:49 0.60 1.00 6.13 18 0 1 0 3
23:49-00:23 0.57 1.00 6.22 21 0 0 1 1
00:23-00:44 0.35 1.00 6.22 13 0 0 0 4
00:44-01:01 0.28 1.00 6.14 14 0 1 0 4
01:05-01:32 0.45 1.00 6.06 14 0 0 0 4
01:32-02:00 0.47 1.00 5.85 25 0 0 0 2
02:00-02:34 0.57 1.00 5.74 20 0 1 0 6
Magnitude distributions:
KCG: -2(1)
CAP: +2(2) +3(2)
AQU: +3(2.5) +4(1.5)
Spor: -4(1) -3(0) -2(0.5) -1(2.5) 0(2) +1(2) +2(6) +3(8.5) +4(7.5) +5(3)
PER (20:37-23:13): -4(1) -3(0) -2(2) -1(1.5) 0(3) +1(5.5) +2(3) +3(5)
+4(4) +5(1)
PER (23:13-00:23): -4(1) -3(2) -2(3) -1(3) 0(1) +1(4) +2(7) +3(8)
+4(8.5) +5(1.5)
PER (00:23-01:32): -5(1) -4(0) -3(0) -2(4) -1(5.5) 0(3.5) +1(9) +2(5)
+3(6.5) +4(4) +5(2.5)
PER (01:32-02:34): -2(1) -1(3.5) 0(2) +1(7) +2(12) +3(11.5) +4(7.5)
+5(0.5)
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