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(meteorobs) Second peak in twilight
I saw the buildup to the second peak through thin clouds and moonlight and
then twilight too, from here near Boston.
Despite the bad conditions (limiting magnitude 4.6) I got one meteor a
minute from 4:22 to 4:50 a.m. EST, 29 of them from 4:50 to 5:07, 17 from
5:07 to 5:17, then 24 from 5:22 to 5:37 (the predicted peak time) in
brightening dawn (lim. mag. about 4.0). Then 22 from 5:37 to 5:50 with
dawn getting really bright. It seemed like they were increasing as dawn
came on.
Not as good as last year, but still a very unusual shower.
Alan MacRobert
Sky & Telescope
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