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Reports from members of the 2010 Perseid meteor shower.

I observed on the 12th from 22.15 to 22.45 UT and saw 6 Perseids plus one sporadic. The sky was wonderfully clear and so variables won the day (or should I say night?). Roger Pickard

I was out from about ten to eleven until just after midnight (BST) (2010-08-12 to13). Visually, I thought the best one of the night was at 12.02(BST), about mag 1, low in the east parallel with the ground and heading straight for Jupiter. I also made a note: '11.36 Anomaly, single point flash at zenith.' Anyone else see that? Perhaps it was Iridium, looked just like an aircraft, but only flashed once. Kevin Smith

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Image of Perseid, not processed 5min exposure on astro track, canon 7D 10 to 20mm sigma lens. Taken at Stonebarrow near Charmouth. Julian Tworek.

The 12th was cloudy where I was in Cornwall but I saw 6 in 45 mins on the 13th and one sporadic - 4 faint meteors caught on camera (only one is a perseid) Full visual report was sent to the BAA along with a full photographic report. The photographic meteors were very faint so I haven't included in this report but have created a graphic showing their positions. Simon Dawes

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Sunday 13th December 20:00Hrs - Monday 14th December 04:00Hrs
Despite the cloud, a total of 67 Geminids were observed by Members, with 6 captured photographically.

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Information on all the visual meteors recorded on the night of 13-14 December 2009

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Photographic

6 Geminids were caught on camera, these images show the conditions were not ideal, note the high levels of light pollution we have to contend with in the Bexley area.

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A number of Society Members were able to take advantage of the November 2001 Leonid Storm by visiting the island of Palau in Micronesia in the Pacific. From there, Jean and Brian Felles were able to take these stunning shots. Note that these are not compilations of several frames, but simply reflect the number of meteors to be seen during the length of the exposure which was 5 minutes in each case!

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Image by Julian Tworek.
LX200 10" Philips ToUcam Pro webcam Eyepiece projection 32mm3 March 2004

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