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(meteorobs) August 24/25, 2003 meteor observation from Slovenia



From August 21 to 30 we organized a youth astronomical summer 
camp in a remote area in the southern part of Slovenia. I could join 
the others for only three nights which were very productive. The first 
night was from Sunday/Monday. It was clear all night but there was 
a constant haze due to high humidity in that area.
I observed for almost three hours teff. I was first facing NNE as 
there was the best transparency in that direction. Soon I changed 
my mind. In 30 minutes I plotted five meteors coming from the 
general direction of the Aquarid radiants so I thought it would be 
better to face towards south.
In the second period there was some activity left from the Aquarids 
but less than during the first period.
The most active shower were the Northern Iota Aquarids with five 
members seen. Perseids, Kappa Cygnids, Northern Delta Aquarids 
and Aurigids were tied with two members each. I also recorded 23 
sporadic meteors.
There were several highlights that night. The brightest meteor was 
a fast magnitude -3 sporadic at 00:57 UT that started at the 
Cygnus/Vulpecula border and ended near the star 110 Herculis. 
Another memorable meteor was a slow short magnitude -1 
sporadic just below Beta Andromedae.

Clear skies!
Javor

The Summary:
Date: August 24/25, 2003
Begin: 21h 52m UT
End:   01h 55m UT
Place: Nova vas na Blokah, Slovenia (23120)
Location: 14° 30' 31" E, 45° 46' 01" N, 724 m
Observer: Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT) Teff  F    Lm  PER KCG NDA NIA AUR Spor
21:52-22:23 0.47 1.00 6.06  0   1   0   3   0    3
22:25-00:13 1.38 1.01 6.26  1   1   1   2   1    9
00:29-01:55 1.02 1.02 6.29  1   0   1   0   1   11

Magnitude distributions:
PER: 0(1) +1(0) +2(0) +3(1)
KCG: 0(1) +1(0) +2(0) +3(1)
NDA: +3(1) +4(1)
NIA: -2(1) -1(0) 0(0) +1(0) +2(1.5) +3(2.5)
AUR: +1(1) +2(0) +3(1)
Spor: -3(1) -2(0) -1(1) 0(1) +1(0) +2(6) +3(8) +4(4.5) +5(1.5)

Bortle Sky Class: 4

Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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