Visual Observing Form - Summary Report
Day: 09 - 10 Month: 08 Year:
2002 Begin: 21.20 UT
End: 23.30 UT
Location long. 3°38' E latit. 50°43'
N IMO code:
Site: Ellezelles Country: Belgium
Observer Vandeputte Michel IMO code: VANMC
Observed Showers:
Perseids
043°
+58°
S
Delta Aquarids 349°
-13°
N Delta
Aquarids 335°
-05°
S Iota
Aquarids 333°
-14°
Capricornids
318° -06°
N Iota Aquarids
317° -07°
Kappa Cygnids
284° +58°
Interval Analyse
Period
Teff
F
Lm Per
Aqr Cap Kcg
Spor
21.20 - 22.20 1.00
1.16 6.30
5 1
1 1
10
22.20 - 23.30 1.00
1.10 6.36
12 1
1
1 6
22.20 - 23.30
2.00
17 2
2
2 16
Magnitude Distributions
PER
-1(1)+0(0)+1(1)+2(1)+3(7)+4(6)+5(1)
N 17 Mean 3.06 N~
: 7
CAP
-1(0)+0(0)+1(1)+2(0)+3(0)+4(1)+5(0)
N 2 Mean 2.50 N~
: 0
AQR
-1(0)+0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(1)+4(1)+5(0)
N 2 Mean
3.50 N~ : 0
KCG
-1(0)+0(0)+1(0)+2(1)+3(1)+4(0)+5(0)
N 2 Mean 2.50
N~ : 0
SPOR -1(0)+0(0)+1(0)+2(1)+3(5)+4(4)+5(6)
N 16 Mean 3.94 N~
: 1
REMARKS:
-This night we were in the middle (in the eye) of a low pressure
system. Skies were great (almost as 8-9 august) but there were also many
clouds (AC and Ci). No fog this night. I took a break between 22.40 -
22.50 UT (clouds...). After the two official intervals, I kept on looking
through some holes until 02.00 UT with following results : 12 Perseids (7
members with ~) and 10 sporadics.
-Increasing Perseid activity : ZHR 20.
-Most notably : an Aquarid earth grazer at 22.17 UT.
-For the first time this season : a simultaneous pair of Perseids at 00.03
UT (Mag +3 and +2 with ~).
Long trains and up to the Perseid maximum !!
Michel Vandeputte
Dutch Meteor Society
VVS Belgium Meteor Section.