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(meteorobs) TCE observations East GA 2- 21/22 -2004

I was able to successfully observe two Theta Centaurids during the last hour of my watch last
night/this morning.  Nothing spectacular but they were distinctively apex-like in their swift,
long trained appearance.  I also saw good activity from the antihelion radiant, four members
in two hours, being careful to separate it from the DLE's, from which shower I saw nothing.
The nights highlights included two ANTs that appeared withing less than 2 minutes of
each other, and a SPO  (apparently foreshortened) that left a 6 to eight second train
at 8:35 UT.  Overall rates were slow but steady, with 10-11/hr.  I observed under very good
skies, LM 6.27 but with quite a bit of magnitude extinction in the east and west, but
not so bad in the south.  I faced SSW.
I had to move around quite a bit in the back of my truck to verify the TCE's as the radiant moved
behind trees and tree limbs, however the second TCE's path helped confirm
the first.  
 
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OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE: 02-21/22-2004
BEGIN:  08:05 UT  END 10:05 UT
LOCATION: Treutlen Co, Ga. 82. 24' 25" W; 32. 24' 45" N
METHOD: Tape Elev. 240 ft
Facing SSW, sky 0% Obscured
No Breaks Sol Long 333.027 Mid Session FOV 13hr15 +18
Total(21) SPO(12) NAPX(3) SAPX(0) ANT(4) TCE(2)

Period 1 08:05-09:05 UT   SPO(7)  NAPX(1)  ANT (2)
Dead time = 0 min, Teff = 1.00 LM= 6.25 F= 1.0
Sol Long. 332.997  FOV Mid period  12hrs 50 +18
Period 2 09:05-10:05 UT   SPO(5) TCE(2) NAPX(2) ANT(2)
Dead time = 0 min, Teff = 1.00 LM= 6.30 F= 1.0
Sol Long. 333.039 FOV Mid period  13hr 55 +18

Showers Observed
SPO                (13)
DLE                  (0)           11:04 (166) +18.
TCE                  (2)           14:32 (218) -44
NAPX              (3)           16:08 (242) -05
SAPX               (0)           16:08 (242) -35
ANT(VIR)        (4)           11:08 (167) +05

Star Counts (older IMO charts)
      IMO 9, 11 (Period1)
      IMO 11,12 (Period 2)
 
Magnitude Distribution
P1
NAPX(1)                                               +4(1)
ANT  (2)                         +2(2)
SPO  (7)       0(1)  +1(1) +2(1)  +3(2)            +5(2)

P2
NAPX(2)                        +2(1)                      +5(1)
ANT(2)                           +2(1)             +4(1)
TCE(2)                                       +3(2)
SPO(5)         0(1)  +1(1) +2(1)   +3(1)           +5(1)

Meteor Data
P1
      Time    Shower    Mag.   Speed (0-5)
1.   08:12   ANT     Mag  (2)   Speed  (2)
2.   08:13   ANT     Mag  (2)   Speed  (2)  very brief train
3.   08:15   SPO     Mag  (3)   Speed  (4)
4.   08:22   SPO     Mag  (5)  Speed  (3)
5.   08:27   SPO     Mag  (2)  Speed  (5)
6.   08:35   SPO     Mag  (0)  Speed  (2)   6 sec train(!)
7.   08:36   SPO     Mag  (1)   Speed  (2)
8.   08:41   SPO     Mag  (3)   Speed  (3)  train
9.   08:54   NAPX  Mag  (4)   Speed  (5)
10  08:59   SPO      Mag  (5)  Speed  (2) very brief
P2
11  09:05  SPO       Mag  (5)   Speed  (2) long path
12  09:08   SPO      Mag  (0)  Speed  (3)
13  09:16   NAPX   Mag  (2)  Speed  (3)  foreshortened
14  09:24   ANT     Mag  (4)  Speed  (2)
15  09:36   SPO     Mag  (1)   Speed  (2) very brief
16  09:46   TCE     Mag  (3)   Speed  (4)  longish path, train
17  09:49   TCE     Mag  (3)   Speed  (4)  train
18  09:52   SPO     Mag  (3)   Speed  (2)  brief
19  09:54   ANT     Mag  (2)   Speed  (1)
20  10:00   NAPX  Mag  (5)   Speed  (4)
21  10:01   SPO     Mag  (2)   Speed  (1)