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Re: (meteorobs) 2002 Ursids from Maryland
Richard,
What are the calendar dates for *both* of these observations? Were both
observations under a greater-than-20%-obscured sky (I know the first was)?
Thanks,
Kim Youmans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Taibi" <rjtaibi@hotmail.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 11:12 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) 2002 Ursids from Maryland
> Hi Everyone,
> Clouds prevented a decent look during a moonless stretch after sunset. I
> did look through a 80-90 degree hole in clouds from 2325-2342 UT and saw
no
> URS under a 4.5 magnitude limiting magnitude sky.
> When I returned to my site at McKendree Maryland to observe from 206-306
UT
> on 23 December, I had no reason to expect to see any meteors from the
Ursid
> radiant. It was too bright, lm=4.0,due to the moon; and the radiant was
the
> lowest it could be all night. So, I was pleasantly surprised to see a +1
> URS at 909 UT slowly moving toward the north horizon! That was the only
> meteor I saw during my hour watch. No field obstructions interfered
during
> the session.
> Best wishes,
> Rich
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