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(meteorobs) 17-18/08/03 Report from Mojave Desert California, USA
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NAMN VISUAL SUMMARY REPORT
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DATE: 17-18/08/03 BEGIN: 0612 UT END: 0812 UT
OBSERVER:Sidney Ferreira (FERSI)
LOCATION: Long: 117°40'12" West; Lat:35°37'21" North
City & State:Ridgecrest, CA USA Elevation: 700m
RECORDING METHOD: digital recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: 3-letter code; radiant position; radiant diameter
Kappa Cygnids (KCG) 19:00 (285) +59 ; 6
North Iota Aquarids [NIA] 21:36 (324) -07; 5
Antihelion 22:36 (339) -08 ; --
North Delta Aquarids (NDA) 22:44 (341) -04 ; 5
South Delta Aquarids (SDA) 23:36 (354) -12 ; 5
Perseids (PER) 03:04 (046) +58 ; 5
Northern Apex (NPX) 03:36 (054) +34 ; --
Southern Apex (SPX) 03:36 (054) +04 ; --
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM KCG NIA ANT NDA SDA PER NPX SPX SPO
0612-0712 17h15m/36°48' 1.00 1.0 5.02 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1
0712-0812 18h37m/38°47' 1.00 1.0 4.75 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
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TOTALS 2.00 6 2 2 0 0 5 3 0 2
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 TOTAL
KCG 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6
NIA 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 0.5 0 2
ANT 0.5 0.5 0 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 2
NDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PER 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
NPX 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 0 3
SPX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SPO 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 2
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OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:
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FROM: UT FROM: UT
TO: UT TO: UT
<<<clear desert sky>>>
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
0612 14 6 4.79
0612 13 6 4.98
0612 5 6 5.30
0712 14 5 4.73
0712 7 6 5.12
0712 13 5 4.41
MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDES:
Interval 1: 5.02
Interval 2: 4.75
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METEOR DATA:
# TIME(UT) MAG VEL. COLOR SHOWER TRAIN
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1 0613 0.5 5 Bl PER 1.5s
2 0614 1.0 2 Bl KCG -
3 0616 1.0 4 W KCG +
4 0632 2.0 4 W SPO -
5 0633 0.5 4 Y NPX +
6 0639 1.5 4 W ANT -
7 0658 2.0 4 W NPX -
8 0700 1.5 4 W PER -
9 0703 3.0 4 W KCG -
10 0708 -1 2 Y KCG +
11 0711 2.5 4 W NPX -
12 0716 -1.5 5 Bl SPO 2.5s
13 0718 2.0 4 W KCG +
14 0730 1.5 4 Y PER +
15 0742 3.0 2 W KCG -
16 0742 0.5 4 W PER -
17 0746 -2.5 4 Y ANT -
18 0808 2.5 4 W NIA -
19 0809 0 5 Bl PER +
20 0810 1.0 Flash Bl NIA -
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REMARKS:
Hello,
Sorry but therer's nothing out of the ordinary to report for this session
other than it being a slow night for meteors.
Clear skies,
-SID!
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END OF REPORT