Gemini Report for MeteorObs and IMO
What a fantastic Geminid Shower this year. We hardly got out of our cars at the
Tulsa Astronomy Club observatory until we saw four Geminids immediately. Meteor
chaser
As a group we counted 107 between
Begin : 1:28CST(07:28UT) End: 4:11CST(10:11UT)
Location: Lat. 35.8307N Long. 96.1471W
Site:
Date of Observation:
Observed Showers:
GEM
LM: Began at
about 4.5 after moon set increased to 6.0
Recording method:
Paper and pencil
1.O7:28:12UT +2Mg
2.07:30:07UT
0
3.07:30:23UT +2
4.07:31:18 0
5.07:31:30 +2
6.07:33:20 0
7.07:34:40 -1
8.07:36:10 -2
9.07:36:45 -1
10. 07:38:08 +1
11. 07:42:33 -4 Beautiful
green color, a blazer long tail
12. 07:42:55 -2
13. 07:48:09 +1
14. 07:49:35 -1
15. 07:49:58 -6 Lit up the sky,
major meteor, green and gold color sparks
16. 07:51:10 +1
17. 07:55:18 -3
Green color
18. 07:59:21 -4 Bright blue
green
19. 08:
20. 08:
21.
22. 08:
08:03 – 08:10 Break
23. 08:
24. 08:
25.
26. 08:
27. 08:13:18 +1 Meteors 25-27
came almost together, 3 within 6 seconds(Memories of Leonids)
28. 08:
29. 08:
30. 08:
31.
32. 08:
33.
34. 08:
35. 08:34:10 -1
36. 08:35:33 +1
37. 08:36:10 0
38. 08:36:50 -2
39. 08:37:25 0
40. 08:42:05 -2
41. 08:42:05 0 Two together, one gold the other
green
42. 08:43:30 0
43. 08:43:30 0 Another
two together both goldish
44. 08:44:15 -2
45. 08:48:20 -3
46.
47. 08:52:10 -1
48. 08:56:00 -1
49. 08:58:15 +1
50. 08:58:15 -1 Two together
51. 09:
52. 09:
53.
54. 09:
55. 09:
56. 09:
57. 09:
58. 09:
59.
60.
61.
62.
63. 09:
64. 09:
65.
66. 09:
67. 09:
68.
69. 09:
70.
71. 09:
72.
73. 09:
74. 09:24:30 -1
75. 09:25:15 +1
76. 09:25:55 +2
77. 09:26:20 -2
78. 09:28:00 -5 A blazer, long train green
79. 09:29:30 -4
A blazer, blue green in color
80.
81. 09:30:15 0
82. 09:30:55 0
83. 09:31:45 0
84. 09:32:30 +1
85. 09:32:55 +2
86. 09:36:05 +1
87. 09:37:00 0
88. 09:40:00 0
89. 09:41:15 0
90. 09:42:35 -1
91. 09:45:00 0
92. 09:46:00 +3
93. 09:50:10 0
94. 09:50:45 0
95. 09:53:00 -3
96: 09:55:00 0
97. 09:55:35 0
98. 09:56:00 +3
99. 09:56:45 +2
100. 09:58:15 -4 I WANTED MY 100TH TO BE
SPECTACULAR AND IT WAS, STREAKING OUT OF GEMINI THROUGH ORION, FIRST BRIGHT
WHITE TURNING TO GREEN THROUGH ORION, BEST OF THE NIGHT!!!
101. 10:
102. 10:
103. 10:
104.
105.
106. 10:
107. 10:
108.
109.
110. 10:
111. 10:
At this point I stopped recording and just counted with the
group I was with and enjoyed the rest of the shower.the last hour of
viewing. We finally stopped at
5:30a.m.CST. We had beautiful clear skies the entire
night.