I was out for two hours closer to dawn (with a couple of breaks) and saw 70 meteors in 85 minutes.? Most of the Geminids were mag 2 and better, the sporadics were mostly fainter ~mag 4.? I saw one point meteor.? I've been dubious of point meteor reports in the past (I think they are mostly fast satellite flashes) but this one was mag -3, had exactly the typical brightness increase and decrease over 3s of a real meteor, and was located exactly on the radiant.? One 3 minute period had eight mag 1 or better meteors including two mag 0 meteors in the sky at the same time moving in opposite directions.? Excellent!
Rick
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From: Attilla Danko <danko@...>
Date: December 14, 2021 at 12:40 AM
The radiant is quite high now. And it's clear. (How unlikely). The
metors are quite bright. Easily visible from my light-polluted sky in
west ottawa.
The transparency is forecast to get worse around 1am, so get your
meteor ooohs and aaaahs in now.
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