(meteorobs) Geminids in eastern Ontario...

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• From: Pierre Martin <p.martin@cyberusdot ca>
• Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:19:17 -0500
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I lucked in for the Geminids max night!!!  Despite a cloudy forecast 
and very little hope of seeing anything, I managed to get a sucker 
hole shortly after 3am local time.  Limiting magnitude reached about 
6.4.  Got in about 2 hours TEFF.

My first impression was strong activity earlier in the night, 
followed by fairly sharp decrease in rates until morning dawn and 
more clouds eventually interfered.  GEM activity wasn't quite as 
intense as in 1998.  Mostly a mix of faint and bright meteors.  I did 
see one very nice fireball!!

Will have the tape decoded a bit later today, so a more complete 
report will follow.

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
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