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(meteorobs) 1st report
Wow! I know a flood of reports is coming, so I'm going to get mine in right
now.
From looking at my notes, I show a small rise (very small) around 10:00UT,
and then a steady increase from 10:15 until 10:50.
Time LEO LM
10:30 - 10:35 30 4.6
10:35 - 10:40 40 4.6
10:40 - 10:45 66 4.6
10:45 - 10:50 83 4.7
10:50 - 10:55 47 4.7
10:55 - 11:00 46 4.7
From there they dropped off pretty rapidly. I saw some very interesting
things tonight that I will be asking about in weeks to come. I felt that
the meteors were a little dimmer than last year, but I saw many more
trains--one lasting for over a minute. I also noticed a lot of color this
year. That really made the evening exceptional.
I don't believe I have ever observed for meteors under the glare of a full
moon before. Can't say that I enjoyed it too much, but it did make fumbling
around for my pencil a little easier. Maybe if this happens again in a
hundred years we'll be getting in reports from the far side of the moon...
The sun's not up yet, but I just couldn't stay out any longer. Rates have
droped below 3/min. now. I've got pneumonia and probably shouldn't have
been out anyway (local temps ~40F), but it was well worth however many sick
days I have to use up to recover!
--Terry Johnson
92.2367W, 35.2733N
central Arkansas
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