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(meteorobs) Final Perseid Summary



North American Meteor Network
2002 Perseid Observations

There was a nice turnout of observers for the Perseids this year with 56
observers sending in reports. Most people held successful watches with only
a handful of folks reporting weather problems. The reports we received so
far cover the period of August 1st to August 17th, and include almost 6,000
Perseids in more than 328 hours of observations. The following observers
submitted Perseid reports:

Puya Ahmadifard, Iran; Ardalan Alizadeh, Iran; Karl Antier, France; Jure
Atanackov, Slovenia; Javad Azizi, Iran; Mike Boschat, Canada; Dustin Brown,
USA; Stefan Cikota, Croatia; Malcolm Currie, UK; Denis Denissenko, Russia;
Peter Detterline, USA; Eric Flescher, USA; George Gliba, USA; Rosely Gregio,
Brazil; Daniel Gruen, Germany; Cathy Hall, Canada; Amir Hasanzadeh, Iran;
Zoltan Hevesi, Hungary; Ken Hodonsky, USA; Dave Hostetter, USA; Tomislav
Jurkic, Croatia; Javor Kac, Slovenia; Soheil Khoshbinfar, Iran; Marek
Kozubal, Canada; Marco Langbroek, Netherlands; Mike Linnolt, USA; Robert
Lunsford, USA; Alan MacRobert, USA; Pierre Martin, Canada; Ashley Matous,
USA; Bert Matous, USA; Norman McLeod, USA; Huan Meng, China; Thom Morgan,
USA; Ali Moosazadeh, Iran; Arash Nabizadeh, Iran; Senka Pinteric, Croatia;
Mazyar Seyyednezhad, Iran; Mohammad Reza Shafaroodee, Iran; Sergey Shanov,
Russia; Brian Shulist, Canada; Enrico Stomeo, Italy; Wes Stone, USA; Nikola
Strah, Croatia; David Swann, USA; Richard Taibi, USA; Nela Tomiae, Croatia;
Michel Vandeputte, Belgium and France; Daniel van Os, Netherlands; Arash
Voghoee, Iran; Harry Waldron, USA; Fred Weber, USA; Mark Williams, USA;
Robert Young, USA; Kim Youmans, USA; Jin Zhu, China.


Next is a daily summary of all meteor reports. Below the summaries is a
shower table that defines the abbreviations used, showers observed and
number of meteors reported.


OBSERVING SUMMARIES

August 1:
Bert Matous (Teff=1.50, 2 CAP, 2 NDA, 6 PER, 5 SDA, 14 SPO)

August 3:
Javor Kac (Teff=1.10, 2 CAP, 2 PER, 1 SDA, 11 SPO)
Bert Matous (Teff=1.66, 2 CAP, 1 NDA, 3 PER, 6 SDA, 10 SPO)

August 4:
Bert Matous (Teff=3.00, 1 CAP, 5 NDA, 6 PER, 3 SDA, 12 SPO)
Thom Morgan (Teff=1.95, 1 KCG, 8 PER, 1 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=3.50, 4 AQR, 18 PER, 25 SPO)

August 6:
Amir Hasanzadeh (Teff=1.84, 1 KCG, 5 PER, 8 SPO)

August 7:
Ken Hodonsky (Teff=1.98, 3 CAP, 2 NDA, 8 PER, 3 SDA, 24 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=4.50, 4 NDA, 27 PER, 7 SDA, 62 SPO)
Ali Moosazadeh (Teff=1.84, 1 NDA, 5 PER, 9 SPO)
Mazyar Seyyednezhad (Teff=1.84, 8 PER, 7 SPO)

August 8:
Peter Detterline (Teff=3.42, 24 PER, 27 SPO)
Daniel Gruen (Teff=2.00, 1 NDA, 6 PER, 12 SPO)
Soheil Khoshbinfar (Teff=1.80, 4 PER, 6 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=3.50, 2 CAP, 2 NDA, 42 PER, 3 SDA, 57 SPO)
Bert Matous (Teff=3.00, 1 AQR, 2 CAP, 1 KCG, 4 NDA, 29 PER, 5 SDA, 27 SPO)
Brian Shulist (Teff=1.50, 9 AQR, 11 PER, 10 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=4.00, 4 AQR, 1 CAP, 41 PER, 35 SPO)

August 9:
Jure Atanackov (Teff=4.10, 6 AQR, 4 CAP, 1 KCG, 78 PER, 81 SPO)
Peter Detterline (Teff=2.63, 23 PER, 16 SPO)
Amir Hasanzadeh (Teff=1.72, 7 PER, 5 SPO)
Ken Hodonsky (Teff=2.95, 3 CAP, 3 KCG, 6 NDA, 22 PER, 2 SDA, 34 SPO)
Robert Lunsford (Teff=4.00, 2 CAP, 4 KCG, 2 NDA, 25 PER, 1 SDA, 16 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=3.36, 1 CAP, 3 KCG, 2 NDA, 45 PER, 5 SDA, 50 SPO)
Bert Matous (Teff=1.50, 1 KCG, 2 NDA, 21 PER, 1 SDA, 1 SIA, 12 SPO)
Mazyar Seyyednezhad (Teff=1.74, 5 PER, 6 SPO)
Brian Shulist (Teff=4.00, 20 AQR, 1 KCG, 60 PER, 29 SPO)
Wes Stone (Teff=1.50, 23 PER, 25 SPO)
Mark Williams (Teff=1.48, 4 PER, 1 SPO)

August 10:
Peter Detterline (Teff=4.74, 51 PER, 29 SPO)
Eric Flescher (Teff=1.75, 9 PER, 3 SPO)
Cathy Hall (Teff=1.69, 1 NDA, 2 NIA, 19 PER, 3 SIA, 22 SPO)
Javor Kac (Teff=0.55, 3 PER, 2 SPO)
Norman McLeod (Teff=2.12, 1 CAP, 2 NDA, 1 PAU, 16 PER, 2 SDA, 6 SPO)
Thom Morgan (Teff=2.72, 2 KCG, 16 PER)
Brian Shulist (Teff=3.00, 13 AQR, 1 KCG, 65 PER, 20 SPO)
Wes Stone (Teff=1.00, 32 PER, 27 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=2.00, 2 AQR, 2 CAP, 2 CG, 17 PER, 16 SPO)

August 11:
Dustin Brown (Teff=1.00, 10 PER, 7 SPO)
Denis Denissenko (Teff=3.83, 1 CAP, 3 KCG, 1 NDA, 57 PER, 4 SPO)
Peter Detterline (Teff=3.18, 44 PER, 25 SPO)
Eric Flescher (Teff=3.50, 18 PER, 15 SPO)
Mike Linnolt (Teff=0.50, 1 KCG, 4 PER, 1 SDA, 6 SPO)
Robert Lunsford (Teff=5.00, 2 CAP, 3 KCG, 4 NDA, 90 PER, 2 SDA, 59 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=1 CAP, 1 KCG, 4 NDA, 62 PER, 4 SDA, 43 SPO)
Ashley Matous (Teff=2.50, 1 CAP, 1 KCG, 14 PER, 1 SIA, 25 SPO)
Bert Matous (Teff=2.50, 1 KCG, 1 NDA, 15 PER, 2 SIA, 23 SPO)
Brian Shulist (Teff=4.00, 15 AQR, 1 KCG, 106 PER, 34 SPO)
Wes Stone (Teff=2.00, 2 KCG, 77 PER, 33 SPO)
Fred Weber (Teff=1.36, 3 KCG, 23 PER, 3 SPO)
Kim Youmans (Teff=2.03, 39 PER, 16 SPO)
Robert Young (Teff=2.50, 4 KCG, 2 NDA, 17 PER, 1 SPO)

August 12:
Ardalan Alizadeh (Teff=1.23, 21 PER, 15 SPO)
Javad Azizi (Teff=0.75, 13 PER, 4 SPO)
Mike Boschat (Teff=3.00, 1 PER, 1 SPO)
Dustin Brown (Teff=1.17, 25 PER, 9 SPO)
Denis Denissenko (Teff=4.00, 2 KCG, 4 NDA, 129 PER, 5 SPO)
Peter Detterline (Teff=4.26, 142 PER, 27 SPO)
Eric Flescher (Teff=2.00, 18 PER, 3 SPO)
George Gliba (Teff=3.00, 9 AQR, 1 CAP, 6 KCG, 105 PER, 23 SPO)
Rosely Gregio (Teff=2.17, 8 Aug. Eridanids, 3 PER, 2 SPO)
Amir Hasanzadeh (Teff=1.08, 30 PER, 6 SPO)
Zoltan Hevesi (Teff=0.50, 15 PER, 2 SPO)
Marek Kozubal (Teff=4.44, 8 KCG, 108 PER, 43 SPO)
Mike Linnolt (Teff=1.00, 1 KCG, 1 NDA, 34 PER, 1 SDA, 16 SPO)
Robert Lunsford (Teff=1.00, 43 PER, 8 SPO)
Alan MacRobert (Teff=1.00, 1 AQR, 23 PER, 6 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=4.86, 2 CAP, 2 KCG, 2 NDA, 208 PER, 3 SDA, 42 SPO)
Bert Matous (Teff=1.75, 1 CAP, 1 KCG, 25 PER, 3 SIA, 12 SPO)
Huan Meng (Teff=1.02, 3 KCG, 5 NIA, 22 PER, 10 SPO)
Ali Moosazadeh (Teff=0.75, 9 PER, 3 SPO)
Thom Morgan (Teff=2.11, 1 KCG, 15 PER, 3 SPO)
Mazyar Seyyednezhad (Teff=0.90, 24 PER, 11 SPO)
Mohammad Reza Shafaroodee (Teff=1.00, 19 PER)
Sergey Shanov (Teff=2.00, 44 PER, 9 SPO)
Brian Shulist (Teff=4.50, 15 AQR, 2 KCG, 184 PER, 32 SPO)
Wes Stone (Teff=1.50, 58 PER, 10 SPO)
David Swann (Teff=5.00, 2 CAP, 6 CAS, 46 PER, 6 UPG, 21 SPO)
Daniel van Os (Teff=0.90, 1 AQR, 6 PER, 3 SPO)
Arash Voghoee (Teff=1.92, 39 PER)

August 13:
Puya Ahmadifard (Teff=1.75, 43 PER)
Karl Antier (Teff=1.00, 61 PER, 28 SPO)
Mike Boschat (Teff=3.00, 1 PER, 2 SPO)
Malcolm Currie (Teff=4.66, 1 KCG, 2 NDA, 2 NIA, 223 PER, 1 SDA, 2 SIA, 54
                SPO)
Peter Detterline (Teff=5.77, 46 PER, 14 SPO)
Cathy Hall (Teff=3.52, 1 KCG, 36 PER, 15 SPO)
Dave Hostetter (Teff=2.00, 4 CAP, 27 PER, 5 SPO)
Tomislav Jurkic (Teff=4.24, 85 PER, 6 SPO)
Marco Langbroek (Teff=2.33, 5 AQR, 1 CAP, 2 KCG, 147 PER, 28 SPO)
Mike Linnolt (Teff=0.50, 3 PER, 8 SPO)
Robert Lunsford (Teff=7.50, 1 CAP, 2 KCG, 4 NDA, 192 PER, 5 SDA, 54 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=4.58, 144 PER, 1 SDA, 27 SPO)
Huan Meng (Teff=3.23, 11 KCG, 129 PER, 49 SPO)
Arash Nabizadeh (Teff=5.00, 144 PER)
Sergey Shanov (Teff=2.00, 45 PER, 15 SPO)
Brian Shulist (Teff=3.58, 10 AQR, 3 KCG, 125 PER, 24 SPO)
Enrico Stomeo (Teff=5.15, 2 ACG, 2 CAP, 3 KCG, 8 NDA, 166 PER, 26 SPO)
Wes Stone (Teff=3.00, 3 KCG, 137 PER, 34 SPO)
Richard Taibi (Teff=3.29, 2 AQR, 2 CAP, 51 PER, 16 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=3.30, 4 AQR, 1 CAP, 197 PER, 40 SPO)
Daniel van Os (Teff=1.28, 1 CAP, 58 PER, 10 SPO)
Harry Waldron (Teff=1.00, 6 PER, 1 SPO)
Fred Weber (Teff=2.64, 5 KCG, 58 PER, 10 SPO)
Jin Zhu (Teff=1.84, 49 PER, 29 SPO)

August 14:
Mike Boschat (Teff=3.00, 1 PER)
Peter Detterline (Teff=3.54, 72 PER, 31 SPO)
Javor Kac (Teff=5.53, 8 AQR, 2 KCG, 169 PER, 60 SPO)
Marco Langbroek (Teff=3.42, 7 AQR, 1 CAP, 2 KCG, 143 PER, 71 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=6.00, 6 AQR, 5 KCG, 125 PER, 82 SPO)
Daniel van Os Teff=2.64, 3 KCG, 66 PER, 23 SPO)

August 15:
Stefan Cikota (Teff=1.33, 10 PER, 3 SPO)
Daniel Gruen (Teff=2.75, 2 KCG, 3 NDA, 24 PER, 23 SPO)
Ken Hodonsky (Teff=3.40, 2 KCG, 3 NDA, 20 PER, 44 SPO)
Javor Kac (Teff=2.67, 9 AQR, 2 KCG, 54 PER, 25 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=5.50, 5 AQR, 3 KCG, 64 PER, 83 SPO)
Robert Young (Teff=1.00, 1 KCG, 2 NDA, 5 PER)

August 16:
Daniel Gruen (Teff=4.00, 7 KCG, 4 NDA, 29 PER, 32 SPO)
Robert Lunsford (Teff=3.73, 2 KCG, 1 NDA, 1 NIA, 26 PER, 1 SDA, 16 SPO)
Senka Pinteric (Teff=5.07, 50 PER, 28 SPO)
Nikola Strah (Teff=3.18, 9 PER, 18 SPO)
Nela Tomiae (Teff=39 PER, 24 SPO)

August 17:
Javor Kac (Teff=1.87, 1 AQR, 3 KCG, 8 PER, 1 SDA, 4 SPO)


OBSERVED SHOWERS

Shower                          # Observed
ACG: Alpha Cygnids                    2
AQR: Combined Aquarid Radiants      157
August Eridanids:                     8
CAP: Capricornids                    52
CAS: Cassiopeids                      6
KCG: Kappa Cygnids                  134
NDA: Northern Delta Aquarids         83
NIA: Northern Iota Aquarids          10
PAU: Piscis Austrinids                1
PER: Perseids                      5865
SDA: Southern Delta Aquarids         64
SIA: Southern Iota Aquarids          12
UPG: Upsilon Pegasids                 6

SPO: Sporadics                     2438

Teff = effective observing time


My thanks go to all the observers whose meteor reports and emails made the
2002 Perseids such a memorable event!!

Clear skies, and best wishes!

Mark Davis, meteors@comcastdot net
Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA
Coordinator, North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
http://www.namnmeteors.org/





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