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(meteorobs) July 5/6 6/7...
Gee George, I thought it was slow too, but looks like your rates were lower
than mine.
I got in 1.61 hours before local midnight on the 5/6th, until the more than
quarter moon wiped me out with a touch of thin cirrus, saw 9 (only plotted
8...3 occurred in 40 seconds, and my feeble brain couldn't hold all that
info to plot... first two were short, slow 0 and 1 magnitude Sagittarids
within 15 seconds of each other.Of course, I was looking South, maybe
that's why I saw more/hr.
On Sat nite, the 6th/7th, wound up with less than an hour due to an
unanticipated interruption. First a skunk, (just smile and say hi while he
walks by), then two curious campers. Had to explain what my new Dob was,
and by then the atmosphere had crossed the haze-out point. Then the Moon
came. Oh well, then spent 2 1/2 hours playing with my new scope...first
real p[lanetary observations with it...This is going to be fun. Only four
Meteors though.
Looking at this weeks weather outlook, it appears that Lew and I will
be out of sky until 10/11 or 11/12. Maybe if I stay up real late, on the
11th, we'll be observing at the same time George. As for Mark, he may be
hatch battening this week...Bertha don't come around here anymore :-)
Wayne