PERs Aug 13 2010

 

01:22  am Perseid grazer with wake in video

A typical averag Per..

A slight clouded out sky at critical time period 5 am onwards..

Video here. Overall impression is less than what i detected last year.

Combining Aug 12 & 13 - radiant plots of the Per members as follow:

Imagine the Perseids raining down this wide scattered area seen through the two nights. Single station cant figure out the angle of descent but just imagine the longest trace on the upper left entering the atmosphere at a shallow angle when the radiant is low in the east.