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(meteorobs) Recent NAMN Observations: August 2001
During the month of August 2001, 43 observers sent reports in to the North
American Meteor Network which provided coverage on 16 separate dates. The
observers who participated this month include:
Joseph Assmus, USA
Jure Atanackov, Slovenia
Deborah Bailey, USA
Michael Boschat, Canada
Ed Cannon, USA
Stefano Crivello, Italy
Denis Denissenko, Russia
Peter Detterline, USA
Eric Flescher, USA
Mark Fox, USA
Martin Galea De Giovanni, Malta
George Gliba, USA
Lew Gramer, USA
Rosely Gregio, Brazil
Cathy Hall, Canada
Roberto Haver, Italy
Monika Hevesi, Hungary
Zoltan Hevesi, Hungary
Ken Hodonsky, USA
Dave Hostetter, USA
Terry Johnson, USA
Javor Kac, Slovenia
Mike Linnolt, USA
Robert Lunsford, USA
Christophe Marlot, France
Pierre Martin, Canada
Felix Martinez, USA
Bert Matous, USA
Norman McLeod, USA
Huan Meng, China
Umberto Mule' Stagno, Malta
Gregg Pasterick, USA
Amy Phillips, USA
Earl Phillips, USA
Yuying Song, China
Wes Stone, USA
Arnold Tukkers, Netherlands
Chuck Urrey, USA
Harry Waldron, USA
Sue Worden, USA
Kim Youmans, USA
Jure Zakrajsek, Slovenia
Jin Zhu, China
Ju Zhu, China
Of course the highlight for August was the Perseids, which accounted
for 4,321 of reported meteors. In comparison, sporadic meteors accounted for
1,648 meteors during the month. There were also quite a few other steams
active, especially in the Aquarid region. All the showers reported this
month are listed at the end of this article. Below, listed by date, are the
observing summaries amounting to over 215 hours of effective observing time.
All of these reports were submitted to the International Meteor Organization
either by the observer or NAMN. Thanks go to all of these observers for
their work in August!!
August 8/9:
Harry Waldron (Teff=0.50, 1 PER)
August 10/11:
Stefano Crivello (Teff=1.96, 2 CAP, 1 KCG, 1 NDA, 25 PER, 1 SDA, 1 SIA, 2
SPO); Lew Gramer (Teff=1.60, 1 KCG, 4 CAP, 3 NDA, 3 PAU, 17 PER, 3 SDA, 1
SIA, 19 SPO); Pierre Martin (Teff=1.15, 1 KCG, 11 PER, 4 SPO); Wes Stone
(Teff=2.00, 1 KCG, 35 PER, 16 SPO)
August 11/12:
Joseph Assmus (Teff=4.00, 129 PER, 26 SPO); Jure Atanackov (Teff=5.89, 9
AQR, 7 CAP, 5 KCG, 265 PER, 90 SPO); Michael Boschat (Teff=2.00, 7 PER); Ed
Cannon (Teff=0.48, 10 PER, 2 SPO); Stefano Crivello (Teff=2.36, 1 ACG, 2
CAP, 2 KCG, 51 PER, 1 SDA, 6 SPO); Denis Denissenko (Teff=1.50, 6 PER, 2
SPO); Peter Detterline (Teff=1.86, 34 PER, 6 SPO); Eric Flescher (Teff=2.17,
14 PER, 2 SPO); Mark Fox (Teff=2.17, 9 PER, 7 SPO); Rosely Gregio
(Teff=1.68, 3 PER, 6 SPO); Martin Galea De Giovanni (Teff=1.30, 15 PER, 5
SPO); Lew Gramer (Teff=3.03, 2 CAP, 4 NDA, 1 NIA, 1 PAU, 53 PER, 2 SDA, 1
SIA, 29 SPO); Cathy Hall (Teff=3.80, 2 AQR, 1 CAP, 4 KCG, 3 NDA, 1 PAU, 52
PER, 14 SPO); Zoltan Hevesi (Teff=2.50, 23 PER, 9 SPO); Ken Hodonsky
(Teff=3.45, 3 KCG, 1 NDA, 2 NIA, 74 PER, 1 SDA, 34 SPO); Terry Johnson
(Teff=2.00, 38 PER, 8 SPO); Javor Kac (Teff=5.11, 4 AQR, 4 CAP, 1 KCG, 151
PER, 33 SPO); Mike Linnolt (Teff=4.08, 1 KCG, 4 NDA, 103 PER, 3 SDA, 47
SPO); Christophe Marlot (Teff=2.50, 2 AQR, 3 KCG, 41 PER, 3 SPO); Pierre
Martin (Teff=4.90, 2 KCG, 4 NIA, 171 PER, 1 SDA, 33 SPO); Bert Matous
(Teff=1.37, 1 AQR, 1 NDA, 23 PER, 4 SPO); Norman McLeod (Teff=3.54, 1 CAP, 1
NDA, 70 PER, 1 SDA, 6 SPO); Huan Meng (Teff=2.70, 7 KCG, 35 PER, 1 SDA, 15
SPO); Gregg Pasterick (Teff=2.83, 104 PER); Yuying Song (Teff=2.52, 3 KCG,
24 PER, 18 SPO); Wes Stone (Teff=2.00, 1 KCG, 60 PER, 20 SPO); Harry Waldron
(Teff=0.25, 1 PER); Sue Worden (Teff=2.00, 15 PER, 1 SPO) Kim Youmans
(Teff=1.16, 15 PER, 3 SPO)
August 12/13:
Jure Atanackov (Teff=6.92, 15 AQR, 8 CAP, 6 KCG, 522 PER, 113 SPO); Deborah
Bailey (Teff=1.25, 11 PER, 3 SPO); Stefano Crivello (Teff=2.92, 1 ACG, 2
KCG, 2 NDA, 2 NIA, 30 PER, 1 SDA, 4 SIA, 5 SPO); Peter Detterline
(Teff=1.99, 23 PER, 9 SPO); Martin Galea De Giovanni (Teff=2.00, 31 PER, 9
SPO); George Gliba (Teff=1.00, 1 NDA, 1 NIA, 7 PER, 2 SPO); Lew Gramer
(Teff=1.80, 3 CAP, 1 NDA, 22 PER, 3 SDA, 2 SIA, 20 SPO); Roberto Haver
(Teff=1.81, 1 KCG, 1 NDA, 51 PER, 13 SPO); Monika Hevesi (Teff=5.50, 114
PER, 37 SPO); Zoltan Hevesi (Teff=5.00, 82 PER, 32 SPO); Ken Hodonsky
(Teff=1.55, 1 KCG, 1 NIA, 30 PER, 14 SPO); Javor Kac (Teff=6.69, 3 AQR, 1
CAP, 5 KCG, 317 PER, 57 SPO); Pierre Martin (Teff=5.22, 2 CAP, 2 KCG, 6 NIA,
166 PER, 1 SDA, 38 SPO); Huan Meng (Teff=2.54, 6 KCG, 41 PER, 25 SPO);
Umberto Mule' Stagno (Teff=2.00, 48 PER, 24 SPO); Gregg Pasterick
(Teff=2.00, 56 PER); Amy Phillips (Teff=2.00, 35 PER, 13 SPO); Earl Phillips
(Teff=3.00, 55 PER, 11 SPO); Yuying Song (Teff=2.25, 3 KCG, 46 PER, 4 SPO);
Wes Stone (Teff=3.00, 3 KCG, 76 PER, 21 SPO); Jure Zakrajsek (Teff=5.88, 15
AQR, 2 CAP, 9 KCG, 370 PER, 112 SPO); Jin Zhu (Teff=0.95, 17 PER, 4 SPO); Ju
Zhu (Teff=1.20, 39 PER, 16 SPO)
August 13/14:
Stefano Crivello (Teff=1.68, 2 KCG, 1 NIA, 11 PER, 1 SDA, 2 SIA, 9 SPO);
Roberto Haver (Teff=2.27, 4 KCG, 2 NDA, 2 NEC, 2 NIA, 38 PER, 3 SIA, 15
SPO); Ken Hodonsky (Teff=1.66, 3 KCG, 1 NIA, 20 PER, 11 SPO); Pierre Martin
(Teff=2.00, 1 CAP, 6 NDA, 39 PER, 1 SDA, 19 SPO); Huan Meng (Teff=0.45, 3
PER, 7 SPO); Wes Stone (Teff=1.50, 6 KCG, 28 PER, 19 SPO)
August 14/15:
Stefano Crivello (Teff=1.46, 1 ERI, 1 KCG, 12 PER, 1 SDA, 1 SIA, 5 SPO);
George Gliba (Teff=1.00, 1 KCG, 1 NDA, 6 PER, 5 SPO); Roberto Haver
(Teff=2.41, 3 KCG, 4 NDA, 1 NEC, 1 NIA, 25 PER, 1 SDA, 18 SPO); Javor Kac
(Teff=2.65, 3 AQR, 3 KCG, 35 PER, 22 SPO); Pierre Martin (Teff=1.92, 1 KCG,
4 NDA, 20 PER, 19 SPO)
August 15/16:
Peter Detterline (Teff=1.28, 4 PER, 3 SPO); Roberto Haver (Teff=2.29, 2 KCG,
9 NDA, 5 NEC, 3 NIA, 20 PER, 1 SDA, 23 SPO); Arnold Tukkers (Teff=5.00, 1
AQR, 4 KCG, 44 PER, 49 SPO)
August 16/17:
Peter Detterline (Teff=2.91, 8 PER, 5 SPO); Lew Gramer (Teff=2.68, 1 AQR, 2
KCG, 5 NDA, 5 NIA, 2 PAU, 12 PER, 3 SDA, 2 SIA, 50 SPO); Roberto Haver
(Teff=3.19, 3 KCG, 7 NDA, 2 NEC, 3 NIA, 26 PER, 1 SIA, 31 SPO); Javor Kac
(Teff=2.19, 2 AQR, 2 KCG, 3 NDA, 2 NIA, 9 PER, 17 SPO)
August 17/18:
George Gliba (Teff=2.00, 1 CAP, 2 NDA, 4 NIA, 5 PER, 14 SPO); Javor Kac
(Teff=2.06, 2 AQR, 1 KCG, 2 PER, 12 SPO)
August 18/19:
Roberto Haver (Teff=3.18, 6 KCG, 4 NDA, 4 NEC, 5 NIA, 18 PER, 5 SIA, 31 SPO)
August 20/21:
Robert Lunsford (Teff=4.60, 2 KCG, 3 NDA, 5 NIA, 10 PER, 1 SDA, 41 SPO)
August 21/22:
Robert Lunsford (Teff=2.64, 2 KCG, 7 NDA, 1 NIA, 10 PER, 36 SPO)
August 22/23:
Pierre Martin (Teff=1.98, 3 NIA, 1 PER, 19 SPO)
August 24/25:
Pierre Martin (2.12, 1 AUR, 2 ERI, 1 NIA, 2 PER, 28 SPO)
August 26/27:
Robert Lunsford (Teff=2.74, 2 NIA, 3 PER, 38 SPO)
August 28/29:
Robert Lunsford (Teff=3.59, 5 AUR, 1 ERI, 2 NIA, 1 PER, 50 SPO)
Shower Codes:
ACG - Alpha Cygnids
AQR - Aquarid radiants combined
AUR - Alpha Aurigids
CAP - Alpha Capricornid
ERI - Pi Eridanids
KCG - Kappa Cygnids
NDA - Northern Delta Aquarids
NEC - Northern Eta Cetids
NIA - Northern Iota Aquarids
PAU - Pisces Austrinids
PER - Perseids
SDA - Southern Delta Aquarids
SPO - Sporadics
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