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It rained here in Racine, Wisconsin! I am soo disapointed!  Debbie S.


>From: owner-meteorobs-digest@atmob.org (meteorobs-digest)
>Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>To: meteorobs-digest@atmob.org
>Subject: meteorobs-digest V4 #963
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 03:37:56 -0400 (EDT)
>
>meteorobs-digest       Tuesday, August 13 2002       Volume 04 : Number 963
>
>
>
>(meteorobs) Aug 11 obs DENDE (formal)
>(meteorobs) Perseida 2002.aug.11/12 Hungary
>(meteorobs) Perseid on Aug. 11/12
>(meteorobs) Perseids in Japan - 3rd announcement -
>(meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>(meteorobs) Perseids
>Re: (meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>(meteorobs) Perseids Aug.11/12 - not good
>(meteorobs) Lousy Perseids!
>(meteorobs) Radio results so far Aug.12
>(meteorobs) Perseid surge early morning August 11/12 ?
>(meteorobs) Perseids from Hawaii (Aug 12)
>(meteorobs) Chirping fireball
>Re: (meteorobs) Perseids from Hawaii (Aug 12)
>Re: (meteorobs) Perseid on Aug. 11/12
>(meteorobs) Viewing Session? aug 11/12
>Re: (meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>(meteorobs) Aug 12 Perseids from Southern CA
>Re: (meteorobs) Lousy Perseids!
>(meteorobs) Perseids from Edmonton, Canada
>(meteorobs) Perseids from Oregon, Aug. 8/9 thru 11/12
>(meteorobs) PERSEID Detections EMO
>(meteorobs) August 9/10 2002 HALCA
>(meteorobs) 8/11-12/2002  Perseids from Vancouver Washington
>Re: (meteorobs) Lousy Perseids!
>(meteorobs) Aug 12 obs DENDE
>(meteorobs) Perseids 2002 in Japan - 5th announcement -
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:27:18 +0400
>From: "Denis V. Denissenko" <denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Aug 11 obs DENDE (formal)
>
>Dear meteor observers,
>
>Below is my formal report on last night's observation.
>Informal report follows (time permitting).
>
>Observation date: August 11, 2002 UT
>Observer: Denis Denissenko (DENDE), Russia
>Location: Vlasovo (90km north from Moscow)
>Lat, Long, Elev: 56o40'N, 37o52'E, 131 m
>Showers: PER-Perseids, KCG-Kappa Cygnids, NDA-
>Ndot delta Aquarids, CAP-Capricornids, SPO-Sporadics
>FOV: Az=90 (East), El=45
>Clouds: none
>Recording method: paper
>
>Intervals  T_eff   M_lim   N_tot   N_Per
>Time (UT)   hrs      m
>- ----------------------------------------
>1900-2000   1.00    5.5      4       2
>2030-2130   1.00    6.0     25      21
>2140-2220   0.66    6.2     15      13
>2240-2350   1.17    6.0     22      21
>- ----------------------------------------
>Total       3.83            66      57
>
>Magnitude distribution:
>
>Shower  -2 -1  0  1  2  3  4  Sum
>- ---------------------------------
>PER      0  4  7  8  9 20  9   57
>KCG      0  0  0  1  0  1  1    3
>NDA      0  0  0  0  1  0  0    1
>CAP      0  0  0  0  0  0  1    1
>SPO      0  0  0  0  1  1  3    4
>- ---------------------------------
>Total    0  4  7  9 11 22 13   66
>
>Clear skies!
>
>Denis Denissenko
>http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/astro.html
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:32:21 +0200
>From: "Hevesi Zoltan" <hevesi@kmmk.hu>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseida 2002.aug.11/12 Hungary
>
>Day:11/12 Month:08 Year:2002        Begin: 23h 00m   End: 23h30m  UT !
>
>LOCATION: Long: 17 49 16 Lat: 46 21 21.00  Elevation:130m
>
>City & Province: H-7400 Kaposvar (Hungary)
>
>RECORDING METHOD: clock
>
>Observer  Zoltán HEVESI    IMO code: HEVZO
>
>Limiting magnitude: 5,5 mg
>
>Field: Andromeda
>
>SKY OBSCURED: 5 %
>
>
>23:00 - 23:15    8 Perseida     0 Spora
>23:15 - 23:30    7 Perseida     2 Spora
>
>During the rest of the observations - time the sky was cloudy.
>
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:01:27 +0800
>From: "Huan Meng" <meteorobs_menhu@hotmail.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseid on Aug. 11/12
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:58:48 +0900
>From: "Hiroshi Ogawa" <HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids in Japan - 3rd announcement -
>
>The Nippon Meteor Society (NMS)
>
>   ---------------------------------------
>   Perseids 2002  in Japan   -3rd announcement-
>           (Visual Observation)
>   ---------------------------------------
>
>n   : the number of data
>PER : all meteors (Perseids)
>Time:Total time (min.)
>ZHR : r=2.0$B!$(Bgamma=1.0
>Err. = ZHR * (1/SQRT(PER))
>
>excluding:observations under unfavorable condition
>           (Lm<4.5mag, Cl>0.4, RP-h<15deg, Time<30min.)
>
>                       <daily results>
>
>  DATE  UT        n   PER   Time    HR      ZHR   Err.
>- -----------------------------------------------------------
>Jul 20d 18:00   4     6   240    1.5     2.9    1.2
>Jul 21d 18:00   3     2   180    0.7     2.1    1.5
>Jul 22d 18:00   0     -     -     -       -      -
>Jul 23d 18:00   1     1   120    1.0     7.8    7.8
>Jul 24d 18:00   1     2    60    2.0    12.7    9.0
>
>Jul 25d 18:00   1     0    60    0.0     0.0     -
>Jul 26d 18:00   4    15   240    3.8    10.2    2.6
>Jul 27d 18:00   4    17   240    4.3    15.7    3.8
>Jul 28d 18:00   0     -     -     -       -      -
>Jul 29d 18:00   0     -     -     -       -      -
>
>Jul 30d 18:00   5     5   255    1.3    11.1    5.0
>Jul 31d 18:00   2     7   120    3.5    16.5    6.2
>
>Aug 01d 18:00   1     3    60    3.0    13.8    8.0
>Aug 02d 18:00   1     4    60    4.0    22.8   11.4
>Aug 03d 18:00   1    12    60   12.0    36.2   10.5
>Aug 04d 18:00   0     -     -     -       -      -
>
>Aug 05d 18:00   3    23   183    7.6    20.7    4.3
>Aug 06d 18:00   6    52   315    9.9    22.0    3.1
>Aug 07d 18:00   7    86   410   12.7    22.8    2.5
>Aug 08d 18:00  15   118   730   10.0    30.8    2.8
>Aug 09d 18:00   6    49   320   10.2    43.6    6.2
>
>Aug 10d 18:00  28   291  1552   12.4    43.7    2.6
>Aug 11d 18:00   6    52   240   15.3    66.9    9.3
>
>
>Total observation time : 5,545min. (=92.42h)
>Total Perseids meteors :   745meteors
>
>
>Observers:
>  Shinobu AMIKURA, Mitsunori IWAMOTO, Shigeo UCHIYAMA,
>  Hiroshi OGAWA,Kazuhiro OSADA, Hiroyuki KATO, Toru SAGAYAMA
>  Misaki KANETAKA, Atsuyoshi KAWAURA, Mikiya SATO,
>  Takashi SEKIGUCHI, Takashi HIGUCHI, Ken-ichi FUSHIMI,
>  Hidekatsu MIZOGUCHI, Minoru MURAKI, Keiko MORINAGA,
>  Katsuhiro YOSHIZAKI, Masaaki YOSHIMURA
>
>
>(Although the observing condition was not good, I receive reports.
>  Observers are: Minoru SHIMIZU, Mitsuhiro FUJITA, Yoshiaki
>  FUJIYOSHI, Kayo MIYAO, Yasuo YABU, Takuya MARUYAMA)
>
>
>with best wishes
>Hiroshi Ogawa
>
>- ----------------------------------
>Hiroshi Ogawa (University of Tsukuba, JAPAN)
>mailto: HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp
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>
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:09:54 -0600
>From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy@telusplanetdot net>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>
>Bert Matous wrote:
>
> > At 311am I got an unusual 3 satellite (I think!) triangular formation
> > from SSW to NNE almost overhead, not a perfect triangle with the
> > trailer about 2 degrees back from echeloned 1 degree apart front
> > runners.  Are these a military satellite group??  Not bright enough
> > for the space station and maybe accompanying craft, is it?  I would
> > love to hear input on this.
> >
>     I'm no satellite expert, but I once saw a pass of an arrangement like
>this while in the company of one.  So I think what you saw was a NOSS 
>Triad,
>which is indeed military in origin.  I believe the intent is accurate 
>spying
>using triangulation.  On the occasion I saw them they were all three naked
>eye, perhaps mag 4.5-5 which my friend said was unusual, they're more
>typically binocular targets.  Because the three were moving in formation, I
>was more than once fooled into thinking they were stationary and it was the
>stars they passed that appeared to be moving.
>
>     regards, Bruce
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:16:44 +0800
>From: "Bamm Gabriana" <bamm@upastrosoc.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids
>
>Observing from PAGASA Astronomical Observatory, Manila, Philippines.
>Nothing here. Overcast skies, rain and signs of a typhoon. I'm going home
>and take some much needed sleep. :(
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:36:34 EDT
>From: Soaringdancer@cs.com
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>
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>That how they can tell which particular cave a cell phone is talking from.
>
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>FACE="Verdana" LANG="0">That how they can tell which particular cave a cell 
>phone is talking from.</FONT></HTML>
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:47:25 -0300
>From: Mike Boschat <aa063@chebucto.nsdot ca>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids Aug.11/12 - not good
>
>Hi All:
>
>  I hope to try again tonight weather permitting...
>
>Day: Aug.11/12, 2002
>Begin: 00h 00m UT
>End: 03h 00m UT
>
>Observer: Mike Boschat
>
>Location: Long: W 63d 36m
>           Lat: N 44d 39m
>           Elevation: 57m
>
>City & Province: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
>Recording Method: eye
>
>Limiting magnitude: 4.0 mag
>
>Sky Obscured: 30%
>
>Meteors seen:
>
>00:00 - 01:00    1 Perseid     1 Sporadic
>01:00 - 02:00    0 Perseid     0 Sporadic
>02:00 - 03:00    0 Perseid     0 Sporadic
>
>Magnitude:
>
>Perseids: -1    Sporadics: +1
>
>Colors:
>
>Perseid= red   Sporadic= white
>
>Much light pollution to North, Northwest up to 25 degrees alt. Some
>thin cirrus about.
>
>- --
>Clear skies
>- ---------------
>Michael Boschat
>Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
>Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.nsdot ca/~aa063
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>
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:32:23 -0700
>From: Chris Crawford <chriscrawford@wavedot net>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Lousy Perseids!
>
>I was taking Opik multi-count data for purposes of calibrating a meteor
>reduction program, so I don't have Perseid counts in the format required
>here, but I can certainly say, this year the Perseids were awful! My group
>of four observers in Southern Oregon saw about 10 - 12 Perseids per hour
>during the two hours from Aug 12 10:00 UT to 12:00 UT. This is one of the
>worst Perseid years I have seen in my 38 years of watching them. Skies were
>good but not great -- LM of about 5.5. The observers weren't the best,
>either -- all of them in their 50s, and I'm the only one with experience. I
>haven't yet carried out the detailed analysis, but it's safe to say that
>during our observing period, the Perseids were much weaker than we would
>have expected.
>
>Chris Crawford
>
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>
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:46:17 -0300
>From: Mike Boschat <aa063@chebucto.nsdot ca>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Radio results so far Aug.12
>
>Hi All;
>
>  Oh, if clear I may try visual oberving again tonight..dot below is the
>radio results so far:
>
>Observer: Michael Boschat
>Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
>Lat: N 44d 39'
>Long: W 63d 36'
>Hgt: 58 meters above sea level
>Listening Frequency: 83.24 MHz
>Receiver: Icom R-10
>Antenna : resonant dipole
>Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane, elev 0 
>deg
>Filter  : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna & 
>receiver.
>Listening Mode: CW
>Recording method: listening by ear
>
>                       AUGUST 2002
>
>        Number of meteors heard in one hour interval
>
>                  UNIVERSAL TIME
>Date| 11  12  13  14  15  16
>- ----+------------------------
>12  | 12  32  28   -  46  40+ ( still listening )
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>
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:52:24 -0400
>From: Pierre Martin <dob14.5@sympaticodot ca>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseid surge early morning August 11/12 ?
>
>Hi all,
>
>Just a quick note that I want to report success with Perseids
>observations on the first peak night of August 11/12.  Enjoyed crisp
>clear skies just west of Ottawa, and I was able to record the
>activity under dark magnitude 6.5 -6.6 skies.  The dry weather could
>hold, and we may possibly have another clear night here for August
>12/13...
>
>
>First impressions of August 11/12:
>
>- - The Perseids appeared weak and below average until 2:00 EDT (6:00 UT)
>
>- - Sudden strong showing of Perseids between 3:00 EDT (7:00 UT) and
>4:30 EDT (8:30 UT)!!  I don't yet have the numbers but the rates
>definitely seemed to reach around the one-per-minute range.
>
>- - LOTS (majority) of Perseids appeared very faint (mag +4 to +5 range)
>
>- - I saw two nearly perfect "point" meteors (meteors directly on the
>radiant coming "head-on"). One of them was a vivid magnitude 0 with a
>path of less than 0.5 degrees!!  It didn't even show any motion, only
>a flash followed by a glowing train.
>
>- - Right before dawn, a spectacular Perseid fireball of magnitude -5
>or -6.  It produced a very vivid-blue terminal flash and left behind
>a glowing persistent train for 12 seconds!  It was very impressive.
>
>- - The number of meteors appearing nearly simultaneuously was a really
>striking effect.  Then it usually takes a few minutes before more
>activity appeared.
>
>- - Even in brightening morning twilight, after 4:30am, I still saw an
>occasional Perseid flash through the sky.
>
>
>
>The full report will be ready soon,
>
>Pierre Martin
>Ottawa, Ontario
>
>
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>
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:57:24 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Michael Linnolt <mlinnolt@alum.mitdot edu>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids from Hawaii (Aug 12)
>
>I had an almost disaster last nite. I overslept and missed going up to my 
>p=
>lanned site on Mauna Kea. But some incredible (and truly incredible as 
>anyo=
>ne who knows Hilo) luck the sky was completely clear at my house!!! I 
>obser=
>ved for 2 half hour sessions from 3:23 am onward. Perseids rates seemed 
>goo=
>d. I saw the ZHR rise from about 50 to 70 as dawn approached. Average 
>magni=
>tude of the perseids were about 2, so quite a lot of bright ones. 
>Therefore=
>, the fact that my LM was somewhat diminished to 6.3 due to observing from 
>=
>within the city limits probably didn't affect the counts so much.
>
>BTW, the fact you can get LM=3D6.3 just 3 miles from downtown Hilo is a 
>tes=
>tament to the effectiveness of the shielded low-sodium strict lighting 
>enfo=
>rcement here.
>
>Aloha,
>Mike Linnolt
>
>REPORT FOLLOWS:
>- ---------------
>OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
>DATE: Aug 12, 2002
>TIME: 1323 - 1425 UT
>LOC: Hilo, Hawaii (19=B0 43' N, 155=B0 06m W)
>ELEV: 300 meters
>Conditions: Clear. Temp 18C. RH 60%. Winds light.
>METHOD: Paper
>
>
>Observing Periods Summary:
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>=3D
>
># Period(UT) FOV    Teff   F    LM   PER KCG NDA SDA ANT SPO
>   ---------- ---    ----   -    ---  --- --- --- --- --- ---
>1 1323-1354 00h+30  0.50  1.00  6.3  13   1   1   1   2   5  =20
>2 1354-1425 01h+30  0.50  1.00  6.3  21   0   0   0   1   8  =20
>
>
>Periods Detail:
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
>Period #1:
>- ----------
>
>Mag -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
>- -----------------------------------------
>PER: 0  0  1  0 1  3  3  2  2  1  0 =3D 13 (avg.=3D2.0) zhr=3D47+/-13
>KCG: 0  0  0  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  1 =3D 1
>NDA: 0  0  0  0 1  0  0  0  0  0  0 =3D 1
>SDA: 0  0  0  0 0  0  0  0  1  0  0 =3D 1
>ANT: 0  0  0  0 0  0  0  1  0  1  0 =3D 2
>SPO: 0  0  0  0 0  1  0  1  1  1  1 =3D 5
>
>DEAD TIME: 1 min
>
>Period #2:
>- ----------
>
>Mag -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
>- -----------------------------------------
>PER: 0  1  1  0 1  4  4  3  4  2  1 =3D 21 (avg.=3D2.3) zhr=3D71+/-15
>KCG: 0  0  0  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0 =3D 0
>NDA: 0  0  0  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0 =3D 0
>SDA: 0  0  0  0 0  0  0  0  0  0  0 =3D 0
>ANT: 0  0  0  0 0  0  1  0  0  0  0 =3D 1
>SPO: 0  0  0  0 0  0  1  0  1  3  3 =3D 8
>
>DEAD TIME: 1 min
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:31:20 +0300
>From: Markku Vanamo <mvanamo@pp.inet.fi>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Chirping fireball
>
>Last night (11/12 August) I was observing Perseids here in southern
>Finland and I saw a bright fireball, which wasn't a perseid, though.
>At about 21:47 UT, at a height of 25-30 degrees, about 15 degrees below
>the Big Dipper, flared rather slow fireball.  My wild guess is that it
>was about -8 magnitude, but that really is a rough estimate since it
>happened behind trees and bright fireballs run out of my scale anyway.
>I first though the light was coming from the nearby road.  But with no
>noise of an engine, my bet then was a bird as it made alike sound.  When
>I got so far that there're no birds that shine and I should turn my head
>and make sure of that, few seconds had already passed.
>
>The sound was simultaneous with the fireball, clearly audible and coming
>from that direction.  It sounded like a bird, kind of kwiek-kwiek-kwiek
>noise.  Or like a sound that holes in a fast flying, rotating (bowling)
>ball would make when travelling through air.  These, maybe 6-8, 
>kwiek-sounds
>had a sliding down pitch, lasting about half a second each and it seemed
>to occur at the same time as the fireball was getting brighter, flaring.
>But I can't be sure of this because I saw it through the trees.  The
>tree trunks might have caused that, but the sound beat was so regular
>and the trunks are so unevenly lined up that, the sound itself couldn't
>have been constant and broken down by the trees.
>
>My observing place was the same as the last time, and the first time
>(in 1992), I heard a noisy fireball - on the roof, in a lawn chair.
>This fireball last night, I saw it about half the length of the Big
>Dipper, but it probably travelled at least twice that long and from
>the handle to the bowl direction.  It took me by surprise, so all
>the above are very, very crude estimates of it.  I wonder if anybody
>else in Scandinavia saw it with or without the sound.
>
>Make
>61N25W
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:38:40 -1000 (HST)
>From: "Malcolm J. Currie" <mjc@jach.hawaiidot edu>
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Perseids from Hawaii (Aug 12)
>
>Mike Linnolt wrote:
> > my planned site on Mauna Kea. But some incredible (and truly
> > incredible as anyone who knows Hilo) luck the sky was completely clear
> > at my house!!!
>
>That's about a 50-1 shot.  To stay clear, you've won the lottery.  I've
>seen to +6.9 in Hilo in very dry conditions.  Plus +6.6 was more typical
>when it was clear.  That's looking south on the Keaau side.  North is
>badly affected by light pollution from the shopping centres, and towards
>Mauna Kea the school sports field has no shielding for evening
>observing.  So as a matter of course, I drove up to the saddle of the
>volcanoes.
>
>Looking good in southern England tonight after lots of cloudy nights.
>I deeply miss the MK skies and am envious of seeing the glow of Kilaeua.
>It was always in a quiet state whenever I took visitors to it.
>
>Malcolm
>
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>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 04:48:28 +0800
>From: "Huan Meng" <meteorobs_menhu@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Perseid on Aug. 11/12
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:04:05 -0700
>From: "Thom Morgan" <bassman@intrexdot net>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Viewing Session? aug 11/12
>
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>Date 11/12   8  02  Begin 3:00UT end 5:35
>Thom Morgan  Clayton NC=20
>78:25:30W  35:37:30N  Elev 300ft 91.44m
>Recording Method Tape and talking clock
>%Sky obscured from clouds
>  %10 up to %40  3:24UT till 3:55 UT
>Break 3:25 to 3:30
>Observed showers   PER      KCG       SPOR
>
>Obs. Time UT         FOV              Teff           LM    Shower Name/ =
>No.
>                       Ra     Dec                                       =
>PER   KCG   SPOR
>3:00  4:00      22:00  44:40            .51        *5.5     1           =
>1           1
>4:00  5:00      22:00   44:40            1.0        5.5      7           =
>              1
>5:00  5:35      22:00   44:00            .60        5.5       7          =
>              1
>
>Magnitude Distributions
>Shower                          -4  -3  -2  -1  0  1  2  3  4
>PER                              1    2   1   3       3 2  2   1
>KCG                                                     1
>SPOR                                     -2                   1
>
>Comments:  Was not looking for a "shower" I was more interetsed in
>                    observing an increase from my 9/10 observing session
>                    on which I had better skies * mag 6  but did not note =
>a=20
>                    jump in activity.
>                   Quit at 5:35 UT, went out at 9:00ut till 9:10Ut to see =
>if if I
>                   missed anything, and apparently I did not.
>                   Some high points were 2 of the 3 sporadics traveled=20
>                   paralell to the horizon,  3 of the perseids had =
>trains, and
>                   I may have caught 3 perseids on the same 10min =
>exposure
>                   of film. 5:09UT- 5:10 UT   One final comment, when =
>things
>                   did pick up, all of the Perseids traveled same =
>direction,=20
>                   vs a radiant traveling out in all directions.=20
>                   Will get some sleep, and try again tonight.=20
>
>
>
>
>
>
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><DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Date 11/12&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp; 02&nbsp; =
>Begin=20
>3:00UT end 5:35</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Thom Morgan&nbsp; Clayton NC =
></FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">78:25:30W&nbsp; 35:37:30N&nbsp; Elev =
>300ft=20
>91.44m</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">Recording Method Tape and talking=20
>clock</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New">%Sky obscured from clouds</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;%10 up to %40&nbsp;&nbsp;3:24UT =
>till 3:55=20
>UT</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Break 3:25 to 3:30</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Observed showers&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>PER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
>KCG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>SPOR</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Obs. Time=20
>UT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>FOV&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;=20
>Teff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LM&=
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>Shower Name/ No.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ra&nb=
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dec&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PER&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>KCG&nbsp;&nbsp; SPOR</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3:00&nbsp; =
>4:00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>22:00&nbsp;=20
>44:40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>.51&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
>*5.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
>1</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
>size=3D2>4:00&nbsp;&nbsp;5:00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>22:00&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>44:40&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
>5.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
>size=3D2>5:00&nbsp;&nbsp;5:35&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>22:00&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>44:00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>.60&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>5.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Magnitude Distributions</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>Shower&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
>;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>- -4&nbsp; -3&nbsp; -2&nbsp; -1&nbsp; 0&nbsp; 1&nbsp; 2&nbsp; 3&nbsp;=20
>4</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>PER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 2&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp; =
>1</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>KCG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
>bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
>sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>SPOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
>nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
>bsp;&nbsp;=20
>- 
>-2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
>;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>1</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Comments:&nbsp; Was not looking for a =
>"shower" I=20
>was more interetsed in</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>observing an increase from my 9/10 observing session</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>on which I had better skies * mag 6&nbsp; but did not note a =
></FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>jump in activity.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>Quit at 5:35 UT, went out at 9:00ut till 9:10Ut to see if if =
>I</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>missed anything, and apparently I did not.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>Some high points were 2 of the 3 sporadics traveled </FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>paralell to the horizon,&nbsp; 3 of the perseids had trains, =
>and</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I=20
>may have caught 3 perseids on the same 10min exposure</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>of film. 5:09UT- 5:10 UT&nbsp;&nbsp; One final comment, when =
>things</FONT></DIV>
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>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
>p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
>did pick up, all of the Perseids traveled same direction, </FONT></DIV>
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>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
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>size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
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>Will get some sleep, and try again tonight.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:15:18 -0700
>From: "Thom Morgan" <bassman@intrexdot net>
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy@telusplanetdot net>
>To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 5:09 AM
>Subject: (meteorobs) Satellite triangle
>
>
> > Bert Matous wrote:
> >
> > > At 311am I got an unusual 3 satellite (I think!) triangular formation
> > > from SSW to NNE almost overhead, not a perfect triangle with the
> > > trailer about 2 degrees back from echeloned 1 degree apart front
> > > runners.  Are these a military satellite group??  Not bright enough
> > > for the space station and maybe accompanying craft, is it?  I would
> > > love to hear input on this.
> > >
> >     I'm no satellite expert, but I once saw a pass of an arrangement 
>like
> > this while in the company of one.  So I think what you saw was a NOSS
>Triad,
> > which is indeed military in origin.  I believe the intent is accurate
>spying
> > using triangulation.  On the occasion I saw them they were all three 
>naked
> > eye, perhaps mag 4.5-5 which my friend said was unusual, they're more
> > typically binocular targets.  Because the three were moving in 
>formation,
>I
> > was more than once fooled into thinking they were stationary and it was
>the
> > stars they passed that appeared to be moving.
> >
> >     regards, Bruce
> >
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:32:00 -0700
>From: Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa@coxdot net>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Aug 12 Perseids from Southern CA
>
>We had clouds drift in from Mexico most of the night and I was left to
>watch (not count) through broken clouds. Finally between 3 and 4am it
>began to clear completely so I was able to obtain a count for the last
>dark hour before morning twilight. The Perseids seen early in the
>session were few and on the dim side. Those seen after it cleared were
>quite bright, including a blue green -8 (30 sec train) and a yellow -6
>(20 sec train). My resulting count was 43 Perseids and 8 sporadic
>between 11:00 and 12:00 UT. The show was probably a bit better as I was
>a bit fatigued at this point. I should have slept while the clouds were
>present but I was concerned I would miss something.
>
>11:00-12:00 UT  43 PER  8 SPO  51 Total  LM 6.45
>
>Magnitudes:
>
>PER -8 (1) -6 (1) -2 (3) -1 (2) 0 (7) +1 (7) +2 (6) +3 (6) +4 (8) +5 (2)
>
>                                                               AVE = +1.33
>
>SPO +1 (1) +2 (1) +3 (4) +4 (2) AVE = +2.87
>
>Bob Lunsford
>San Diego, CA
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:21:43 -0400
>From: "Wesley Stone" <wes_stone@lycos.com>
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Lousy Perseids!
>
>
>To Chris:
>
>Sorry I didn't get back to you on the Sunriver Project.  My
>personal email to you bounced, and I was away at the Oregon
>Star Party.  I couldn't join you at Sunriver anyway because
>I had to work this morning.
>
>To everyone:
>
>I've observed Perseids for the last 4 nights now (crossing
>my fingers as it's looking good for a 5th!).  It's a little
>early to make a definitive statement on the Perseids for the
>year, as the predicted time of maximum hasn't even passed as
>I write this email!
>
>I'll post a summary of my observations separately, but this
>morning (8/12) I observed from Chiloquin, Oregon (42.6N,
>121.9W) for 1.5 hours between 9:50 and 11:23 UT.  There is
>quite a bit of smoke in the air, but it cleared somewhat
>this morning and is looking even better now.  I managed to
>get a mean LM of 6.4, and saw 58 Perseids and only 10
>sporadics.  Perseids seemed of normal brightness; I didn't
>get any fireballs but mean magnitude was 2.1 which may even
>be a little bright for the LM.  I calculated a ZHR of 51
>using r=2.5.  This seems a little low, but not out of
>bounds historically, and jibes with Mike Linnolt's Hawaii
>observation.
>
>On the other hand, in LM=5.5 skies with inexperienced
>observers, 10-12 Perseids/hour may not be all that
>inconsistent with my observations either.
>
>- --
>Wes Stone
>Chiloquin, OR
>http://skytour.homestead.com
>
>- -------------------------------
>Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>...
>
>My group
> >of four observers in Southern Oregon saw about 10 - 12 Perseids per hour
> >during the two hours from Aug 12 10:00 UT to 12:00 UT. This is one of the
> >worst Perseid years I have seen in my 38 years of watching them.
>
>...
>
>I
> >haven't yet carried out the detailed analysis, but it's safe to say that
> >during our observing period, the Perseids were much weaker than we would
> >have expected.
>
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:23:21 -0600
>From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy@telusplanetdot net>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids from Edmonton, Canada
>
>Hello, this is a preliminary report of my Perseid observations from last
>night.  Unfortunately my microcassette recorder seized up late in the
>evening, likely due to dew, and until I can get my hands on a replacement I
>can't transcribe my notes or get accurate counts from myself or my two
>fellow counters, although my general impression is that the observed rate
>was somewhere between 40-50 per hour.
>
>We observed from 1-4 a.m. MDT (0700-1000 UT), under good but not great 
>skies
>at our Blackfoot observing site.  Limiting magnitude was not quite 6 for 
>the
>most part.  We had good results early, in fact I had by far my best 10
>minute bin right away, between 0710-0720 UT, when I counted 15 Perseids, 
>two
>Aquarids (I can't tell the various streams apart) and one kappa Cygnid.
>After that the counts settled down into the range of 7-10 per 10 minutes.
>This seems to support Pierre Martin's observation of a surge after 0700 UT.
>
>I missed the best meteor of the night, while I was fiddling inside the van
>to turn on the FM radio receiver.  I heard the roar and looked out to see a
>contrail gradually dissipating in the west.  It was estimated at -5, but I
>personally saw nothing brighter than ~ -2.  Bad timing notwithstanding, the
>radio component really added to the show.  I tuned the receiver to 92.1, a
>rock station  in Calgary, 300 km to the south, and we were treated to an
>aural bombardment, typically 15-30 bursts per 10 minute bin.  An accurate
>count was difficult because it's impossible to hear more than one meteor at
>a time, and some of the brighter ones would carry on for tens of seconds.
>The first really clear one contained exactly the title words from Kiss's "I
>Wanna Rock and Roll All Night" which seemed appropriate!  I also noticed at
>times that consecutive signals wouldn't necessarily correspond with a
>consistent transmission, e.g. an announcer's voice quickly followed by a
>female singer, followed within a minute by a male singer and a different
>beat.  Presumably we were picking up snippets from other stations further
>afield on the same wavelength.  Finally, a significant percentage of the
>brighter meteors seen visually were exactly concurrent with the beginning 
>of
>a loud outburst from the radio, although the sound would tend to carry on
>several seconds longer than any persistent visual train.   Meteors in the
>south, particularly near the meridian, were much more likely to have an
>audio counterpart, but the correlation was not 100%; i.e. there were a few
>southern meteors with no audio, and a couple others near the western 
>horizon
>that did.
>
>Finally, I am on an ongoing basis, recording radio meteors on a home
>receiving setup, again using 92.1.  Meteor rates last night were the 
>highest
>yet, although recorded rates of ~15 per hour are far lower than what I 
>heard
>on a simple car radio, causing me some concern about the sensitivity of my
>setup.  In addition to using a strip chart (Radio Sky Pipe), I used a VCR 
>to
>record the audio from 0800-1600 UT, while the video feed contains a time
>stamp from a local cable channel.  Using this method I have been able to
>record some lengthy signals from overdense trails.  While I am in the
>process of transcribing last night's results, I will be interested to hear
>if I pick up any snippets from the same songs I heard "live" last night.
>Given that the observing site is some 50 km east of my home receiver, I 
>have
>my doubts, but I'll keep an open mind on the subject.
>
>Hope to get out again tonight, at least as far as the backyard.  regards,
>Bruce
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:18:13 -0400
>From: "Wesley Stone" <wes_stone@lycos.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids from Oregon, Aug. 8/9 thru 11/12
>
>So far, I've made Perseid counts for four straight mornings
>(hoping to make it five!)  For the first three, I was at
>the Oregon Star Party east of Prineville, and tore myself
>away from the telescopes for 1-2 hours each morning
>to count. The last morning was at my home in Chiloquin,
>which was more affected by forest fire smoke.
>
>The Oregon Star Party had nice skies after some high smoke
>on Thursday night.  Lots of folks were enjoying the meteors
>with oohs and aahs erupting all over the field Thursday and
>Friday nights.  I think a lot of people were sleeping on
>Saturday night, as it was quieter.  I didn't get any
>fireballs during my official counts (of course, I could have
>called the -2 on Saturday morning a -3...).  There was a
>very nice -6 Perseid with a couple of bursts in twilight
>later on Saturday morning.
>
>
>Here are quick summaries:
>
>OBSERVER: Wes Stone (STOWE)
>
>
>DATE:  2002 August 8/9   BEGIN: 8:30 UT   END: 10:03 UT
>LOCATION: Long: 120.15  West; Lat: 44.3  North
>City & State: Ochoco Natl. Forest, OR  Elev: 1600 meters
>RECORDING METHOD: Counting: Tape Recorder, illuminated watch
>
>PERIOD(UT)  Teff     LM      PER     KCG     SPO
>0830-1003   1.50     6.6      23       0      25
>
>Magnitude Dist.
>
>Mag.  0    1    2    3    4    5
>- --------------------------------
>PER   2    3    4   12    1    1 = 23 (m=2.4)
>SPO   1    0    2    7   12    3 = 25 (m=3.5)
>
>- ------------------
>
>DATE:  2002 August 9/10   BEGIN: 9:05 UT   END: 10:07 UT
>LOCATION: Long: 120.15  West; Lat: 44.3  North
>City & State: Ochoco Natl. Forest, OR  Elev: 1600 meters
>RECORDING METHOD: Counting: Tape Recorder, illuminated watch
>
>PERIOD(UT)  Teff     LM      PER     KCG     SPO
>0905-1007   1.00     6.9      32       0      27
>
>Magnitude Dist.
>
>Mag.  -2 -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6
>- ---------------------------------------
>PER    1  0   3   2   5  10   6   4   1  = 32 (m=2.8)
>SPO    0  0   2   0   8  10   4   2   1  = 27 (m=2.9)
>
>- -------------------
>
>DATE:  2002 August 10/11   BEGIN: 8:40 UT   END: 10:44 UT
>LOCATION: Long: 120.15  West; Lat: 44.3  North
>City & State: Ochoco Natl. Forest, OR  Elev: 1600 meters
>RECORDING METHOD: Counting: Tape Recorder, illuminated watch
>
>PERIOD(UT)  Teff     LM     PER     KCG     SPO
>0840-0942   1.00    6.9      35       2      17
>0942-1044   1.00    6.9      42       0      16
>
>Magnitude Dist.
>
>Mag.  -1    0    1    2    3    4    5
>- ---------------------------------------
>PER    3    4    5   11   25   18   11  = 77 (m=2.9)
>KCG    0    0    0    1    1    0    0  =  2 (m=2.5)
>SPO    0    2    2    1   10   17    1  = 33 (m=3.2)
>
>- -------------------
>
>DATE:  2002 August 11/12   BEGIN: 9:50 UT   END: 11:23 UT
>LOCATION: Long: 121.87 West; Lat: 42.58  North
>City & State: Chiloquin, OR  Elev: 1300 meters
>RECORDING METHOD: Counting: Tape Recorder, illuminated watch
>
>PERIOD(UT)  Teff     LM      PER      SPO
>0950-1123   1.50     6.4      58       10
>
>Magnitude Dist.
>
>Mag.  -2 -1   0   1   2   3   4   5
>- -----------------------------------
>PER    1  3   5   9  16  14   8   2 = 58 (m=2.1)
>SPO    0  1   0   1   2   2   4   0 = 10 (m=2.6)
>
>
>- --
>Wes Stone
>Chiloquin, OR
>http://skytour.homestead.com
>
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:04:47 -0700
>From: Ed Majden <epmajden@shawdot ca>
>Subject: (meteorobs) PERSEID Detections EMO
>
>EMO Sandia All-sky Perseid Detection Report
>Courtenay, B.C. CANADA
>Long: 125d 00m 37.1s W  Lat: 49d 40m 33.5s N
>
>Date: 12 August 2002
>
>Tape Monitored from: 07:00 U.T. to 12:00 U.T.  12 August 2002
>
>Detections:  07:21:57 - Perseid - Magnitude -5.0 - SSW sector
>                    09:48:58 - Perseid - Magnitude -4.0 - NNE sector - 
>short
>trail
>                    09:58:24 - Perseid - Magnitude -3.0 - NNE sector - 
>short
>trail
>                    11:34:22 - Perseid - Magnitude -4.0 - NNW sector
>
>Iridium Flare: Iridium 22 - 10:36:52 - Mag 5 to Mag 7 at max
>Alt: 32 deg  Azmith 124 deg (SE)
>
>Note: All times are U.T.  The Sandia All-sky will detect all meteors
>brighter than -3.0 mag approximately.  Magnitude estimates noted above are
>approximate.
>
>Comments:  Monitoring a tape is like watching paint dry!  ;-)
>
>Ed Majden
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:39:09 -0400
>From: "C.L. Hall" <chall@cyberusdot ca>
>Subject: (meteorobs) August 9/10 2002 HALCA
>
>Greetings all,
>
>Following is a report for the pre-max activity time for Perseids.  Seemed
>quiet but steady.  I was up at 'Starfest', Canada's largest star party, 
>near
>Mount Forest, northwest of Toronto, Ontario.  I drove up by myself on
>Thursday, about 7.5 hours of driving not counting stops, and back home here
>Sunday.  Bit of a drive solo, but was enjoyable.
>
>Did a mixture of meteors, casual binocular observing, looking at comets and
>deep sky objects through a friend's 20" Obsession telescope, and did a bit
>of camera and tripod photography to check out the night response of a new
>film I'm experimenting with.  Relaxed and fun...
>
>Highlight of Thursday night was a beautiful Pisces Austrinid meteor that
>just went on and on and on across the sky...  Saw Comet Hoenig up in 
>Cepheus
>in the scope, and in the Friday pre-dawn sky saw Comet C/2002 O6, a little
>beaut of a comet down in Orion - and quite nice in binoculars as well.
>Check it out!  Packed it in about 5.30 a.m.
>
>Highlight of Friday night was a magnificent Iridium flare, estimated at -6
>to -7, brightest I have ever seen.  Comets were good, and did a couple 
>hours
>Teff.  Meteors did not - in general - seem as plentiful or as bright as
>Thursday night.  Again, packed things in pre-dawn at about 5.30 a.m.  
>Saturn
>was nice, up again for the season.
>
>Saturday night's sky was a bit more mushy, with a system starting to move
>in.  Did casual binocular observing, and ran some half hour photos to test
>out colour response for a film I haven't tried at night yet.  Bed early,
>about 3.00 a.m. as I had a long drive home Sunday.
>
>So... pleasant weekend, nice to just get out again under the dome of a
>decent dark sky.  Hope you all have some good nights and some enjoyable
>Perseids as well!
>
>Detailed meteor report is as follows below.
>
>Clear skies,
>
>- - Cathy Hall
>   Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada.
>
>- --------------------------------------------------
>
>NAMN Visual Observing Form:
>- --------------------------------------------------
>
>DATE:  August 9/10 2002  BEGIN:  6.31 UT  END:  8.29 UT
>OBSERVER:  Cathy Hall (HALCA)
>LOCATION:  Long:  80 50' 11.9" West; Lat:  44 04' 31.6" North
>City/Province/Country:  Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
>Elevation:  1250 feet
>RECORDING METHOD:  Tape Recorder
>- --------------------------------------------------
>OBSERVED SHOWERS:
>
>PER  043 +58 (RA 02h 52.2m Dec +58)  59 km/sec
>NDA  335 -5 (RA 22h 19.8m Dec -5)  42 km/sec
>SDA  349 -13 (RA 23h 16.2m Dec -13)  41 km/sec
>NIA  317 -7 (RA 21h 7.8m Dec -7)  31 km/sec
>SIA  339 -14 (RA 22h 36m Dec -14)  34 km/sec
>KCG  284 +58 (RA 18h 55.8m Dec +58)  25 km/sec
>CAP  318 -6 (RA 21h 12m Dec -6)  25 km/sec
>PAU  352 -26 (RA 23h 28.2m Dec -26)  35 km/sec
>- --------------------------------------------------
>OBSERVING PERIODS:
>0 = None seen; / = shower not watched
>
>Period (UT)  Field  Teff  F   LM
>PER NDA SDA NIA SIA KCG CAP PAU SPO
>
>6.31-7.30  23h00 +5   .77  1.00  6.37
>10  1  0  1  3  0  0  0  9
>
>7.30-8.29  00h00 +15  .92  1.00  6.37
>9  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  13
>
>Totals:
>19  1  0  2  3  0  0  0  22
>
>Total Meteors:  47
>Total Teff:  1.69 hours
>- --------------------------------------------------
>MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
>SHR  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5  TOTAL MEAN
>PER    1  0  1  2.5  10  3.5  1        19       2.84
>NDA   0  0  0  0  1  0  0                 1       3.00
>SDA   0  0  0  0  0  0  0                  0       n/a
>NIA    0  0  0  0  0  1.5  .5             2       4.25
>SIA     0  0  0  2  1  0  0                 3       2.33
>KCG   0  0  0  0  0  0  0                 0       n/a
>CAP   0  0  0  0  0  0  0                  0       n/a
>PAU   0  0  0  0  0  0  0                  0       n/a
>SPO   0  0  0  0  2  6.5  13.5        22       4.52
>- --------------------------------------------------
>SKY OBSCURED:  none
>0 % FROM:  6.31 UT to 8.29 UT
>- --------------------------------------------------
>DEAD TIME:  1.57 min.
>BREAKS:  15 min.
>FROM:  7.18 UT to 7.33 UT
>- --------------------------------------------------
>LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
>TIME  AREA  COUNT  LM
>6.31    6            14          6.4
>7.00    6            13          6.35
>7.33    6            13          6.35
>8.00    6            13          6.35
>8.29    6            14          6.4
>
>MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE:  6.37
>- --------------------------------------------------
>METEOR DATA:
>      (UT)              SPEED
>#   TIME   MAG 1-5 CLR  SHR  DCV/LEN  TRAIN
>01  06.33  3.5     4     W     PER  30/15
>02  06.33  5.0     2     W     SPO  30/02
>03  06.36  4.5     2     W     NIA  15/08
>04  06.36  5.0     3     W     SPO  20/04
>05  06.37  4.0     3     W     SPO  15/03
>06  06.37  2.5     4     W     PER  30/12
>07  06.38  2.5     4     W     PER  45/15
>08  06.40  3.0     4     W     PER  45/20
>09  06.43  4.0     4     W     PER  20/12
>10  06.47  3.0     4     W     PER  30/20
>11  06.47  4.0     4     W     PER  00/20
>12  06.47  4.5     3     W     SPO  20/10
>13  06.53  4.5     3     W     SPO  00/04
>14  06.55  3.0     2-3  W     SIA  00/06
>15  06.59  3.0     3     W     NDA  15/08
>16  07.00  3.0     4     W     PER  40/14
>17  07.03  2.0     4     W     PER  40/18
>18  07.04  2.0     2     W     SIA  45/08
>19  07.04  5.0     3     W     SPO  30/04
>20  07.06  5.0     3     W     SPO  00/05
>21  07.06  5.0     4     W     SPO  10/15
>22  07.15  5.0     3     W     SPO  00/12
>23  07.15  2.0     2     W     SIA  20/03
>24  07.17  3.0     4     W     PER  25/15
>25  07.33  5.0     4     W     SPO  30/03
>26  07.42  -1.0    4     W     PER  25/25
>27  07.43  2.5     4     W     PER  35/18  .5 sec
>28  07.44  4.0     4     W     PER  45/08  .5 sec
>29  07.46  4.5     4     W     SPO  30/12
>30  07.47  4.0     3     W     SPO  15/06
>31  07.49  4.0     2     W     NIA  40/06
>32  07.49  3.0     4     W     PER  00/12
>33  07.53  4.0     3     W     SPO  00/12
>34  07.53  3.0     4     W     PER  20/12
>35  08.03  4.0     4     W     SPO  20/18
>36  08.03  1.0     4     W     PER  30/16  .5 sec
>37  08.09  5.0     3     W     SPO  00/02
>38  08.10  5.0     4     W     SPO  40/14
>39  08.14  4.5     4     W     SPO  30/08
>40  08.16  5.0     4     W     SPO  10/12
>41  08.18  3.0     4     W     PER  45/08
>42  08.20  4.5     3     W     SPO  30/08
>43  08.20  3.0     3-4  W    PER  45/08  .5 sec
>44  08.20  5.0     3     W     SPO  00/03
>45  08.22  3.0     3     W     SPO  30/12
>46  08.23  5.0     4     W     PER  00/06
>47  08.27  3.0     4     W     SPO  15/07
>
>SPEED (VELOCITY) SCALE:
>0 = Stationary
>1 = Very Slow
>2 = Slow
>3 = Medium
>4 = Fast
>5 = Very Fast
>- --------------------------------------------------
>REMARKS:
>- - recording time/meteor:  2 sec
>- - DCV is distance of meteor from center of view
>- - LEN is length of meteor in degrees
>- - shower positions from IMO Table 6
>- - weather - pleasant, no mosquitoes, est. 10-15C
>- - meteor #21 - parallel to square of Pegasus, up from Taurus area
>- - meteor #35 - fast, up from pre-dawn Betelgeuse area
>- - meteor #38 - fast, up from pre-dawn Betelgeuse area
>- - highlight of meteor evening was iridium flare at 7.44 UT near head of
>Cetus, flared to estimated -6 to -7, brightest iridium flare I have ever
>seen!  (later confirmed as Iridium 11, quoted at -7, seen from just over 3
>miles from flare center)
>- - beautiful morning sky with Saturn, Taurus and Comet C/2002 O6
>- - C/2002 O6 visible easily in 7x35 binoculars above Orion, and also 
>viewed
>in a friend's 20" Obsession telescope - very nice indeed!
>- - earlier in evening saw Comet Hoenig in the same telescope - so 2 comets 
>in
>one night! :)
>
><end>
>- --------------------------------------------------
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:42:19 -0700
>From: Dustin Brown <brodwcjj@integrity.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) 8/11-12/2002  Perseids from Vancouver Washington
>
>Another Perseid report below:
>But first another highlight of the night's observing:
>At 2:40 am local time I was able to watch the tri-satellites that fly in
>formation.  They formed a slightly distorted isosceles triangle with a
>few degrees angular seperation.   They moved together in formation  from
>overhead to the North-East
>If you want to know more about  satellites in formation do a search of
>the old Meterobs  posts for  SB-WASS  and/or  NOSS 2-1 (C-E)
>(I don't know which satellite group  I saw this morning -  too many
>hobbies -  aaaarrrgggh)
>
>................................................................................................................................
>
>DATE:   08/11-12/2002         BEGIN:   9:01  UT       END:  10:14  UT
>OBSERVER:   Dustin Brown
>LOCATION: Long:   122.66   West; Lat:    45.67            North
>City & State:   Vancouver WA                 Elevation:    50Meters
>RECORDING METHOD:  Manual:  Talking watch/paper/pencil
>                                   Kept dead time/ to 3 minutes/hour
>(recording plus distraction time)
>
>
>- 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes)
>
>PER
>SPO   (note:  I lumped all  non-Perseids as "SPO")
>
>
>
>- 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>OBSERVING PERIODS:
>(On average, 3 sec/meteor was subtracted for recording purposes.)
>
>0 = None seen;  / = shower not watched.
>
>PERIOD(UT)  FIELD      Teff         F           LM    PER  SPO
>08:08-09:10   23h +55      1.17      1.11       5.0      25     9
>
>
>- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:    Mags 5 and 6 are n/a since LM was 5.0
>
>
>                 -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4   +5   +6      TOTAL
>
>PER          0   0   3   5   4    4    4    5    n/a  n/a       25
>- ---
>SPO          0   0   0   0   1    1    4    3    n/a  n/a         9
>
>
>
>- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>SKY OBSCURED:
>    10%  from trees.  (calculated into F value above)
>     no clouds
>
>
>
>- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>DEAD TIME:
>              3 minutes / 1hour-13minute period  =  1.17  TEFF
>
>
>
>
>
>- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
>1st TEFF  5.0
>
>
>
>
>- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>METEOR DATA:
>
>
>#    TIME(UT)  SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)         TRAIN(SEC)
>
>
>- 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>1       9:02            PER              4
>2       9:02            PER              2
>3       9:05            PER              1
>4       9:07            PER              0
>5       9:10            SPO              4
>6       9:14            SPO              3
>7       9:15            PER              4
>8       9:17            PER             -1                   TRAIN ~1
>SEC.
>9       9:18            PER              0
>10     9:19            SPO              1
>11     9:21            PER              3
>12     9:22            PER             -1                   ~1 SEC
>13     9:23            PER              1
>14     9:23            PER              1
>15     9:24            PER              3
>16     9:25            PER              2
>17     9:32            SPO              4
>18     9:36            PER              0                    ~0.5 SEC
>19     9:38            PER              0                       ~1 SEC
>20     9:38            PER              1
>21     9:42            SPO              3
>22     9:44            PER              3
>23     9:46            PER              4
>24     9:47            SPO              4
>25     9:48            SPO              2
>26     9:52            PER              0                       ~1 SEC
>27     9:56            PER              4
>28     9:58            SPO              3
>29    10:00           PER              4
>30    10:00           PER              2
>31    10:02           PER              3
>32    10:05           PER              2                       ~0.5 SEC
>33    10:08           SPO              3
>34    10:11           PER             -1                         ~1 SEC
>
>
>
>- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:04:52 EDT
>From: YoungBob2@aol.com
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Lousy Perseids!
>
>My totals on Sunday morning 4:45-7:45 UT were 16 Persieds in 2:45 hours
>with a LM of aout 4.9.  Full report will follow tomorrow.
>
>Bob Young
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>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:50:05 +0400
>From: "Denis V. Denissenko" <denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Aug 12 obs DENDE
>
>Activity was remarkably higher compared to the previous night.
>Counted 140 meteors in 4 hours - new personal "high score" for
>one night!  Previous one was 105 meteors.
>
>As it was noted since 1985, Perseids were often showing up in
>pairs.  Saw 6 couples like that last night with second meteor
>in the pair appearing within 0 to 5 sec after the first one.
>
>The show started with two simultaneous meteors just when the
>minus 7 mag Iridium flare in Perseus was in progress!
>
>The brightest meteor of the night, short one of -2 mag, left
>persistent train for 10 seconds.  No bolids were seen.
>
>A couple of kappa-Cygnids in 4 hours would be quite silly
>otherwise but were good for a change when compared to fast
>Perseids.  Nice to watch them falling slowly.
>
>As a whole, with no any single cloud during last 3 nights and
>no Moon interference it was one of the best Perseids maxima I
>have managed to watch here in Moscow since 1985.  Yet it was
>warmer last night than on Sunday: T slowly decreased from +16
>Centigrade in the evening downto +11C at the end of session.
>Two nights ago it was as cold as +7.
>
>- --- Formal report follows ---
>
>Observation date: August 12, 2002 UT
>Observer: Denis Denissenko (DENDE), Russia
>Location: Vlasovo (90km north from Moscow)
>Lat, Long, Elev: 56o40'N, 37o52'E, 131 m
>Showers: PER-Perseids, KCG-Kappa Cygnids,
>NDA-Northern Delta Aquarids, SPO-Sporadics
>Center of FOV: Az=90 (East), El=45
>Clouds: none
>Recording method: paper
>
>Intervals  T_eff   M_lim   N_tot   N_Per
>Time (UT)   hrs      m
>- ----------------------------------------
>1920-2020   1.00    5.8     31      28
>2030-2130   1.00    6.0     38      33
>2140-2240   1.00    6.0     36      35
>2250-2350   1.00    6.0     35      33
>- ----------------------------------------
>Total       4.00           140     129
>
>Comment: Perhaps one should take 6 sec of
>"dead time" for each meteor from T_eff.
>Probably I lost as much as 8 meteors while
>writing down the data.
>
>Magnitude distribution:
>
>Shower  -2 -1  0  1  2  3  4  Sum
>- ---------------------------------
>PER      1  5  9 13 37 42 22  129
>KCG      0  0  0  1  1  0  0    2
>NDA      0  0  0  0  2  1  1    4
>SPO      0  0  0  1  0  2  2    5
>- ---------------------------------
>Total    1  5  9 15 40 45 25  140
>
>Clear skies!
>
>Denis Denissenko
>
>P.S. Corrigendum to Aug 11 report:
>Line for sporadics magnitudes should read
>SPO      0  0  0  0  1  1  2    4
>(there were 2 of them at 4th mag, not 3)
>
>P.P.S. On Aug 10 night I have counted 37 meteors (28 Perseids)
>during casual watch while observing with Moscow Astronomy Club
>members.
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>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:27:01 +0900
>From: "Hiroshi Ogawa" <HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Perseids 2002 in Japan - 5th announcement -
>
>The Nippon Meteor Society (NMS)
>
>   ---------------------------------------
>   Perseids 2002  in Japan   -5th announcement-
>           (Visual Observation)
>   ---------------------------------------
>
>n   : the number of data
>PER : all meteors (Perseids)
>Time:Total time (min.)
>ZHR : r=2.0$B!$(Bgamma=1.0
>Err. = ZHR * (1/SQRT(PER))
>
>excluding:observations under unfavorable condition
>           (Lm<4.5mag, Cl>0.4, RP-h<15deg, Time<30min.)
>
>                       <daily results>
>  DATE  JST        n   PER   Time    HR       ZHR    Err.
>- -----------------------------------------------------------
>Jul 21d 03:00     4     6    240    1.5      2.9    1.2
>Jul 22d 03:00     3     2    180    0.7      2.1    1.5
>Jul 23d 03:00     0     -      -     -        -      -
>Jul 24d 03:00     1     1    120    1.0      7.8    7.8
>Jul 25d 03:00     1     2     60    2.0     12.7    9.0
>
>Jul 26d 03:00     1     0     60    0.0      0.0     -
>Jul 27d 03:00     4    15    240    3.8     10.2    2.6
>Jul 28d 03:00     4    17    240    4.3     15.7    3.8
>Jul 29d 03:00     0     -      -     -        -      -
>Jul 30d 03:00     0     -      -     -        -      -
>
>Jul 31d 03:00     5     5    255    1.3     11.1    5.0
>
>Aug 01d 03:00     2     7    120    3.5     16.5    6.2
>Aug 02d 03:00     1     3     60    3.0     13.8    8.0
>Aug 03d 03:00     1     4     60    4.0     22.8   11.4
>Aug 04d 03:00     1    12     60   12.0     36.2   10.5
>Aug 05d 03:00     0     -      -     -        -      -
>
>Aug 06d 03:00     3    23    183    7.6     20.7    4.3
>Aug 07d 03:00     7    54    375    8.9     20.7    2.8
>Aug 08d 03:00     7    86    410   12.7     22.8    2.5
>Aug 09d 03:00    15   118    730   10.0     30.8    2.8
>Aug 10d 03:00     6    49    320   10.2     43.6    6.2
>
>Aug 11d 03:00    36   434   1960   14.2     47.6    2.3
>Aug 12d 03:00    10   148    455   20.3     81.7    6.7
>Aug 13d 03:00    30  1141   1400   47.4    148.1    4.4
>
>
>                      <hourly results>
>
>  DATE   JST        n   PER   Time    HR       ZHR    Err.
>- -----------------------------------------------------------
>Aug. 09d 23:30     1     5     60    5.0     35.7   16.0
>Aug. 10d 00:30     2     7    120    3.5     23.2    8.8
>Aug. 10d 01:30     2    29    110   16.6     57.3   10.6
>Aug. 10d 02:30     1     8     30   16.0     64.8   22.9
>
>Aug. 10d 22:30     1     2     46    2.6     16.8   11.9
>Aug. 10d 23:30    10    76    543    8.4     40.6    4.7
>Aug. 11d 00:30     8    95    501   11.2     40.1    4.1
>Aug. 11d 01:30     9    97    483   12.8     40.3    4.1
>Aug. 11d 02:30     6   140    297   28.8     79.0    6.7
>Aug. 11d 03:30     1    23     30   46.0    118.9   24.8
>
>Aug. 11d 22:30     1     3     60    3.0     32.5   18.8
>Aug. 11d 23:30     3    54    180   18.0     79.4   10.8
>Aug. 12d 00:30     2    41     95   32.9    126.0   19.7
>Aug. 12d 01:30     0     -      -     -        -      -
>Aug. 12d 02:30     2    14     60   14.0     42.4   11.3
>Aug. 12d 03:30     1     9     30   18.0     46.2   15.4
>
>Aug. 12d 22:30     1     8     30   16.0     74.5   26.3
>Aug. 13d 23:30     2    44     90   24.0     86.2   13.0
>Aug. 13d 00:30     5   172    230   41.7    158.0   12.0
>Aug. 13d 01:30    10   366    520   43.2    149.5    7.8
>Aug. 13d 02:30     6   358    310   67.5    180.8    9.6
>Aug. 13d 03:30     5   190    180   57.5    153.8   11.2
>Aug. 13d 04:30     1    13     30   26.0     57.8   16.0
>
>
>Total observation time : 7,528min. (=125.47h)
>Total Perseids meteors : 2,127meteors
>
>
>Observers(29members):
>
>Shinobu AMIKURA, Mitsunori IWAMOTO, Shigeo UCHIYAMA,
>Hiroshi OGAWA, Kazuhiro OSADA, Hiroyuki KATO,
>Misaki KANETAKA, Atsuyoshi KAWAURA, Yasuhiro KAWASAKI,
>Toru SAGAYAMA, Koetsu SATO, Mikiya SATO, Kazuhiro SUMIE,
>Takashi SEKIGUCHI, Hirotaka SERIZAWA, Keiko TANAKA,
>Shoichi TANAKA, Takema HASHIMOTO, Takashi HIGUCHI,
>Ken-ichi FUSHIMI, Yukihisa MATSUMOTO, Hidekatsu MIZOGUCHI,
>Yumi MITAMURA, Satomi YOKOCHI, Minoru MURAKI, Keiko MORINAGA,
>Ysuo YABU, Katsuhiro YOSHIZAKI, Masaaki YOSHIMURA
>
>(Although the observing condition was not good, I receive reports.
>  Observers are: Minoru SHIMIZU, Mitsuhiro FUJITA, Yoshiaki
>  FUJIYOSHI, Kayo MIYAO, Yoshiyuki HAMAGUCHI, Takuya MARUYAMA)
>
>
>with best wishes
>Hiroshi Ogawa
>
>
>
>- ----------------------------------
>Hiroshi Ogawa (University of Tsukuba, JAPAN)
>mailto: HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp
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