Geminid Meteor Obs.

I just came in for a break after having counted 100+ Geminids.
Actually, the count was 102 Geminids (excluded were 6 to 12 sporadics)
from 6:12 U.T. until 7:08 U.T. on December 14th 2006 U.T. from a dark
(better than magnitude 6.0) rural sky. A persistent, amorphous,
auroral glow brightened a fairly large area of my sky. Nevertheless,
the winter Milky Way was traceable pretty much from horizon, through
the zenith, to the opposite horizon.

A large percentage of the Geminids were quite bright -- in the
neighborhood of 1st to 2nd magnitude. My 99th Geminid was a short,
bright meteor that "buzzed" past Pollux leaving a briefly visible,
short vapor trail. The Geminids are relatively slow moving, bright
meteors.
--
Bill
Celestial Journeys
http://cejour.blogspot.com
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