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(meteorobs) Re: meteorobs-digest V4 #963
It rained here in Racine, Wisconsin! I am soo disapointed! Debbie S.
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>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
>
>
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>(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 -
>
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>
>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
>homepage: http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/
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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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>91.44m</FONT></DIV>
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>clock</FONT></DIV>
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><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> %10 up to %40 3:24UT =
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>UT</FONT></DIV>
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>nbsp; =20
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><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Comments: Was not looking for a =
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>was more interetsed in</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2> &nbs=
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>observing an increase from my 9/10 observing session</FONT></DIV>
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><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
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>Quit at 5:35 UT, went out at 9:00ut till 9:10Ut to see if if =
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>missed anything, and apparently I did not.</FONT></DIV>
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>Some high points were 2 of the 3 sporadics traveled </FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2> &nbs=
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>paralell to the horizon, 3 of the perseids had trains, =
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><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2> &nbs=
>p; I=20
>may have caught 3 perseids on the same 10min exposure</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2> &nbs=
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>of film. 5:09UT- 5:10 UT One final comment, when =
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>did pick up, all of the Perseids traveled same direction, </FONT></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! :)
>
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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)
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