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[Mark Wainright <mwainright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
 
I watched Perseids from Peralta Trailhead in the East Valley last night.  From 
11:15PM, 8/12, to 1:10AM, 8/13, I saw 34 Perseids and 6 sporadics.  The 
Perseids I counted were all easy to see, and the vast majority of those we 
bright.  I saw just about as many little faint wisps that looked like they were 
heading in a Perseid direction, but they were just not definite enough to 
count.  The limiting magnitude was 5.  We had about 30% obscuration by clouds 
for the first half hour or so, but after that the obscuration was no more than 
10%.  I looked straight up at one point and noticed a lingering trail from a 
Perseid.  The trail was glowing quite bright when I first spotted it.  We did 
not see the actual meteor, but we watched the trail for about 30 seconds.  It 
was a nice relaxing two hours watching Perseids.  When I got back to the house 
and was putting the lawn chairs back on the patio I saw one more bright Perseid 
to end the evening.
 
Clear skies,
Mark
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