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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Florida observing - This a must - Marco V.


Hello Chuck,

I think you're missing most of the most beautiful fireballs in your life! Go
now. They're there and do not miss to be well-equipped. Here people are used
to report to me that out in the sea, they always observe some, without
"showers" or not(!) To the Geminids than. Ah! the distance? It will depend
on the sea tide and how you piloting skills into avoid NOT to find corals
waves in your way. Hmmm... another aspect, the darkness is mandatory. I hope
you have a good sonar and radar too. Happy hunting.

Marco Valois


----- Original Message -----
From: <nmcleod@peganet.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Florida observing


> Chuck,
>
> >If I had a large enough yacht I could venture
> >out about 30 miles offshore and eliminate light scatter.
>
> I would double that as a minimum.  In the late 70's I could get away with
> observing meteors 25 miles west of Miami with a reasonable sky.  The boat
> needs to be larger that 24 feet.  A month ago 3 people took a boat that
size
> 60 miles into the Gulf and disappeared.  The boat and one body appeared at
> Cape Canaveral 2 weeks later, carried around the Keys and up the east
coast
> a ways by currents.
>
>
> >Could you please give me directions to yours.
>
> Just find a place west of the midline of the Florida peninsula.  The sky
is
> excellent in the interior leaning west of the middle.  Almost all the
people
> live near the coasts but fewer on the west coast.  Lehigh Acres is 15
miles
> inland from Fort Myers, and for convenience to astronomers a huge area is
> laced with a maze of roads.  It rates a regular Bortle class 3 but can get
> near class 2 on the best nights.  Further inland has a solid class 2, and
> can nearly reach class 1 on some nights.
>
> My visual acuity for stars is better than average, so I don't know if you
> would see stars as faint as I do.  Lew Gramer does just as well, but I
have
> been with others that see one-half to a full magnitude less in the same
sky.
>
> Meanwhile on Geminids, I expect to see about 40/hour tops on Dec 13/14 in
> the hour before moonrise.  Will need to see a couple more maxes in dark
sky
> to find out what has changed.  Two years ago I was down about a quarter
from
> the typical max rates in the 1980's - 1990's.  The peak could have
sharpened
> so that I missed it (formerly a full day wide), or the whole thing could
be
> lessening.  My hunch leans toward the latter.
>
> Norman
>
> Norman W. McLeod III
> Staff Advisor
> American Meteor Society
>
> Fort Myers, Florida
> nmcleod@peganet.com
>
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