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

Hi Kim and all,
    As usual, Kim is way ahead of me!!  He outdid me again, too.  Full 
report to follow, quick summary:

Location: 6 miles north of St. Augustine, Florida Facing: NNW  Sky cond:  
clear, no obstruction
Data Method:  pen and paper

0520 - 0626 UT  Teff - 1.07  LM 6.3  1 ANT, 1 NPX, 1 Puppid/Velid  9 
sporadics   12 total
0626 - 0726 UT  Teff - 1.00  LM 6.3  1 ANT, 1 NPX, 1 MON  10 sporadics  13 
total

Temp was around 40 degrees F with a heavy wind chill factor, blew right 
through my sleeping bag.  Almost got frost bite.  Too darn cold for this 
thin-blooded FL boy!

More later, Paul in N. FL


>From: "Kim Youmans" <ksyo@bellsouthdot net>
>Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>To: <meteorobs@meteorobs.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Observation East GA 11- 29/30 -03
>Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:58:43 -0500
>
>       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.
>**********************************************************
>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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