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(meteorobs) Meteor Observation East GA 11- 29/30 -03

      This morning I took part in a small project that Paul Jones and I whipped up just after this year's Leonids -- an "experimental" double-station observation with me at the northern/western end and Paul at the southern/eastern end, distance (app)196 miles (315 km;170 nautical miles)as the heron flies between the two sites:
Initial headings: (between sites)
south-southeast (161.6 degrees)
north-northwest (342.2 degrees)
     However, Paul was to look NNW and I faced SSW, rather than directly along the site headings. The session ran from 12:26PM to 02:26AM local time.  I started about seven minutes early. My results were not bad at all...
 
I was expecting good LM's as I headed out for my site; sure enough the normally faint Milky Way region near Orion was tonight a glowing band.  Even better, I was able to observe the rising of Canopus, which culminates at only about 4 degrees or so here.  It was shockingly clear as it slipped up off the horizon sometimes around 01:15 local.  My mean LM was an astonishing +6.61, about as high as I ever get.
 
There was one 2-minute period during the first hour when I was unable to keep track of alignments because another, and yet another, meteor would appear -- 5 meteors logged during 05:49-05:50!! That first hour had 18 meteors, while the second was not quite as strong, with 13.  I eventually logged 31 meteors total, and felt it was a satisfying non-major-shower session.
 
Full report below;  For the double-station observation, I noted constellations or directions in the meteor data on many meteors, in case reference is needed from Paul's data, which I anxiously await.
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OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE: 11-29/30-2003
BEGIN:05:19 UT END 7:26 UT LOCATION: Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev. 240 ft
Facing SSW, sky 0 %0bscured 
No Breaks; Dead time=2 minutes(P1)
Mean Sol long=247.565; Mean LM +6.61
FOV Mid-session 5hr +1; Total Teff=2.08
 
Period 1 5:19-6:26UT SPO(14)MON(1)ANT(1)NAPX(2)  
Dead time = 0 min; Teff = 1.08
Avg. LM = +6.59 FOV Mid period 4hr15 +16
Mid Period Sol Long. 247.535
 
Period 2 6:26-7:26 UT SPO(8)DER(1)MON(1)ANT(1)NAPX(2) 
Dead time = 0 min; Teff = 1.0
Avg. LM = +6.62 FOV Mid period 5hr28 +10
Mid period Sol Long. 247.580
 
Limiting Magnitudes
05:40 UT (IMO 8) +6.55 (IMO 17) +6.58 ------------- 
06:10 UT (IMO 8) +6.55 (IMO 17) +6.66 -------------  
06:40 UT (IMO 8) +6.55 (IMO 17) +6.69 (IMO 4) +6.54  
07:10 UT (IMO 8) +6.55 (IMO 17) +6.69 (IMO 4) +6.67  
 
Showers Observed 
DER    (1)    04:40(070)+01
ANT/XOR(2)    05:32(083)+23
MON    (2)    06:40(091)+08
NAPX   (4)    10:32(158)+23
SAPX   (0)    10:32(158)-07
SPO    (22)     
 
Magnitude Distribution
P1
SPO   (14)          +1(3)       +3(5) +4(2) +5(4)
MON    (1)                      +3(1)
ANT/XOR(1)                +2(1)
NAPX   (2)     0(1)       +2(1)
 
P2
SPO    (8)     0(1)       +2(2) +3(1) +4(2) +5(2)
MON    (1)          +1(1)
DER    (1)                +2(1)
ANT/XOR(1)                            +4(1)
NAPX   (2)     0(1)       +2(1)
 
Meteor Data
P1
Time    Shower    Mag.   Speed (0-5)      Comments
05:26   MON        3       3      Long path down to SSW horizon
05:32   ANT        2       1
05:36   SPO        3       5            extremely brief 
05:43   SPO        5       3       5 deg below "V" of Taurus
05:47   SPO        3       4
05:49   SPO        5       4
05:49   NAPX       0       4
05:50   SPO        1       3             2 sec train
05:50   SPO        1       3
05:50   SPO        4       3
05:58   SPO        3       2             very brief
05:59   SPO        5       3              In Fornax
06:01   SPO        4       2         In Northern Columba
06:03   SPO        3       3
06:03   SPO        3       1  Quite Slow,long path,E to W; Eridanus
06:11   SPO        5       2     Very brief; eastern Eridanus
06:12   SPO        1       4
06:20   NAPX       2       3            At SW Horizon
 
P2
Time    Shower    Mag.   Speed (0-5)      Comments
06:32   SPO        2       2   4-sec duration; >45Deg path, yellow 
06:38   MON        1       3                 NW
06:47   SPO        3       4                 NNW
06:48   SPO        0       2  almost directly overhead; through ORI
06:54   DER        2       2                in NW
06:55   SPO        4       2             In V of Taurus
07:08   SPO        4       3   very brief; below "bow" of ORI 
07:15   NAPX       2       4                 train
07:18   ANT        4       2
07:19   SPO        5       1        just below "V" of Taurus
07:20   SPO        2       3                              
07:21   NAPX       2       4
07:24   SPO        5       4
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