(meteorobs) Geminids from London,UK

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Subject: (meteorobs) Geminids from London,UK
From: "Leo S." <l.stachowicz@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:36:35 +0000
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I got out for a couple of hours casual observing from 7UT to 9UT 
tonight(13th),from my back garden. LM was around 5,if not slightly 
better,with occasional patches of broken cloud,reducing my observing time 
by about 15 or 20 minutes. Saw a total of 14 meteors(12 Gem + 2 sporadics). 
Did not count one(the best I saw),which was a lovely -3 yellow Geminid 
earth grazer travelling around 15-20 degrees close to the SE horizon,which 
occurred just as I stepped out of the door! I think I only caught the end 
of it.

Also saw 2 pairs which were close together,one of them 1st magnitude 
separated by less than a second,and 5 degrees apart,and another pair not 
long after,consisting of a -1 and 0 mag,both geminids,separated by about 10 
seconds. The other highlight was a hyper-speed 0mag sporadic travelling 
around 10 degrees in what I think must have been less than 0.25 of a 
second. All in all,one of the best early evening observing sessions I have 
ever had,if not the best in my 5 years of meteor observing!

Clear skies,
Leo

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