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RE: (meteorobs) Early Evening Geminids: East GA 12-12/13-03
Kim and all,
I'm sorry to report that conditions for me were far worse than Kim
reports. Cirrus haze and multi-level clouds in N. Florida pretty much wiped
me out. I guess because I was closer to the Gulf of Mexico where all this
was coming out of made the difference. Darn! Tonight looks even worse for
us, maybe I can get a peek in at the post-max Sunday night, but even that is
iffy.
Hoep eveyone else has better luck! Paul in N. Fla
>From: "Kim Youmans" <ksyo@bellsouthdot net>
>Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Early Evening Geminids: East GA 12-12/13-03
>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:10:24 -0500
>
> With rain forecast here for tomorrow night, and the moon-free period
>this evening looking like my only shot at the Geminids, Paul Jones and I
>arranged another double-station session for the 7:00- 9:00 PM local time
>period this evening (12-12/13). Partly cloudy skies today had not abated
>by
>dusk, and I arrived at my site with a sky that was not promising. The
>first
>hour was unusable for anything resembling a formal observation, but by 7:40
>I had a completely clear, if not translucent, +6.0 sky.
>The only obstruction during the second hour was a contrail that wound
>around
>the sky like the arm of a giant clock. It may have blocked .05% of the sky
>for a period of ten minutes or so.
> I saw just one meteor during the cloudy first hour, but it was what I
>had come for -- a bright, beautiful earthgrazer. At 6:50 local time, with
>the radiant still just below the horizon, a yellow -4 Geminid traveled the
>zodiac from Pisces to near Venus, flaring three times. If Paul was not
>clouded out, he surely saw it.
> The count for the second, clear period (7:43-8:51) was six GEMs and
>one lone SPO, the final Geminid a blue-green -2 just southeast of Aries
>with
>a longish path length. So I started and finished the two hour session with
>negative magnitude meteors, and given that it was early evening and cloudy
>during the first half of the session, I was pretty satisfied with the
>results. I'll try to get the usable hour's report posted later this
>weekend.
>
>Kim Youmans
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Wilson" <meteorrr@worldnet.attdot net>
>To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
>Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:16 PM
>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Geminid
>
>
> > Thanks Robert for that light polluted report. I often think about going
>in
> > my own but then talk myself out of it (streetlights nearby). The spot
>that
> > I had been using (locally) recently went under the blade of the
>bulldozer!
> > If the weather cooperates I will be taking a drive Saturday.
> >
> > Clear skies, long trains
> >
> > Jeff W.
> > Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert J. Gardner" <rendrag@earthlinkdot net>
> > To: "Meteor Observors" <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 12:56 PM
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Geminid
> >
> >
> > > I woke up this morning by some accident at three AM Pacific Standard
> > > Time and decided to see if I could see any Geminids in my light
>polluted
> > > back yard. I got started at 3:15 AM PST (19:15 UTC). With the moon
>so
> > > high and the normal light pollution I would estimate the sky at a LM
>of
> > > 2.5 to 3.0. I faced North East trying to get some protection from the
> > > moonlight with my house and an old fashioned black umbrella. My field
> > > of view due to buildings was probably one third or less of the sky. I
> > > saw just three Geminids and no sporadic in one hour of continuous
> > > observing. They appeared early in the observation and were a magnitude
> > > of 1.5, 1.0, and 0.0. This may seem like a waste of time for some of
> > > you more lucky observers, but for me in my back yard at this time of
>the
> > > year, that was a grand experience. :-)
> > > I don't consider this good scientific data but for those curious
>soles,
> > > I am at 118o 03m 32s West Longitude and
> > > +34o 09m 55s North Latitude in sunny southern California. The weather
> > > is crystal clear and I will be observing under these adverse
>conditions
> > > again tonight, I hope. I'm looking forward to next year when the moon
> > > will not be any trouble at all.
> > >
> > >
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