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(meteorobs) Late Geminids observations from Nevada
Very nice and clear weather out here in the desert prompted me to go to my favorite semi-dark observing site near Las Vegas to try and catch some very late remaining Geminids and also look out for any early Ursids. The site is quite convenient, just a little over a half hour from the vegas strip, and reasonably dark for the proximity. LM~6.0 if I look away from the light dome.
However, with just my traveling clothes I was a little unprepared for the nighttime desert conditions at altitude, plus a lack of much activity, so I cut my session short to just 30 minutes.
Only 6 meteors were seen. One nice 0 mag Geminid and a mag 2 Hydrid were the only interesting species, with a couple of SPO and ANT rounding out the slow session. No Ursids yet.
Mike
REPORT FOLLOWS:
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OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
DATE: Dec 17, 2003
TIME: 0530 - 0601 UT
LOC: Mountain Springs, NV (35 59' N, 115 32m W)
ELEV: 1900 meters
Conditions: Mostly Clear. Temp 30F.
METHOD: Paper
Observing Periods Summary:
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# Period(UT) FOV Teff F LM GEM URS HYD ANT SPO
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1 0530-0601 04h+20 0.50 1.00 6.0 1 0 1 2 2
Periods Detail:
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Period #1:
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Mag -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
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GEM: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1
URS: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0
HYD: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1
ANT: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 = 2
SPO: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 = 2
DEAD TIME: 1 min
END OF REPORT
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