July Observations

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Below is a final listing of meteor reports received for the month of July 2002. In total, fifteen observers recorded over 62 hours of observations. Following the observing summary is a table of meteors recorded. I am now finishing up Perseid reports and hope to put out a second summary in the near future.

Clear skies!
Mark Davis
North American Meteor Network
July 2002 Observations
OBSERVERS
Ardalan Alizadeh, Iran
Jure Atanackov, Slovenia
Javad Azizi, Iran
Daniel Gruen, Germany
Amir Hasanzadeh, Iran
Ken Hodonsky, Illinois
Javor Kac, Slovenia and Yugoslavia
Soheil Khoshbinfar, Iran
Mike Linnolt, USA
Pierre Martin, Canada
Bert Matous, USA
Huan Ming, China
Ali Moosazadeh, Iran
Mazyar Seyyednezhad, Iran
Michel Vandeputte, Belgium
OBSERVING SUMMARIES
July 5:
Jure Atanackov (Teff=3.00, 1 SAG, 74 SPO)
Mike Linnolt (Teff=0.50, 1 SAG, 1 TOP, 4 SPO)
July 6:
Ken Hodonsky (Teff=2.35, 3 SAG, 19 SPO)
Javor Kac (Teff=2.06, 1 CAP, 1 JPE, 2 SAG, 23 SPO)
July 7:
Pierre Martin (Teff=2.52, 1 JPE, 14 SPO)
July 8:
Ken Hodonsky (Teff=3 JPE, 19 SPO)
July 11:
Javor Kac (Teff=1.00, 2 JPE, 1 SAG, 8 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=2.76, 1 CAP, 1 JPE, 1 SAG, 28 SPO)
July 12:
Javor Kac (Teff=1.25, 1 JPE, 1 SAG, 11 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=2.91, 2 ACG, 1 CAP, 1 JPE, 5 SAG, 25 SPO)
July 14:
Ken Hodonsky (Teff=2.54, 1 CAP, 2 SAG, 27 SPO)
Pierre Martin (Teff=0.95, 1 CAP, 1 JPE, 10 SPO)
Huan Ming (Teff=1.22, 5 ACG, 1 SDA, 12 SPO)

July 15:
Javor Kac (Teff=0.98, 1 PER, 2 SAG, 11 SPO)
July 16:
Javor Kac (Teff=1.05, 1 SAG, 2 SDA, 13 SPO)
July 17:
Javor Kac (Teff=1.08, 1 PER, 1 SAG, 1 SDA, 19 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=3.83, 5 ACG, 2 AQR, 1 CAP, 2 PER, 38 SPO)
July 19:
Javor Kac (Teff=0.65, 1 CAP, 9 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=3.58, 3 ACG, 2 AQR, 1 CAP, 4 PER, 43 SPO)
July 20:
Pierre Martin (Teff=1.11, 1 NDA, 1 PER, 1 SAG, 1 SDA, 5 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=2.67, 1 AQR, 1 CAP, 1 PER, 25 SPO)
July 28:
Ardalan Alizadeh (Teff=0.90, 5 SPO)
Javad Azizi (Teff=0.90, 1 SPO)
Daniel Gruen (Teff=0.90, 1 PER, 3 SPO)
Amir Hasanzadeh (Teff=1.68, 1 CAP, 1 SIA, 4 SPO)
Soheil Khoshbinfar (Teff=1.80, 4 PER, 6 SPO)
Ali Moosazadeh (Teff=1.84, 1 CAP, 2 KCG, 5 SPO)
Mazyar Seyyednezhad (Teff=0.84, 1 NDA, 1 SDA, 1 SPO)
July 29:
Ardalan Alizadeh (Teff=1.72, 2 CAP, 1 KCG, 1 NDA, 2 SDA, 7 SPO)
Javad Azizi (Teff=1.84, 4 KCG, 4 SPO)
Daniel Gruen (Teff=1.00, 2 PER, 7 SPO)
Amir Hasanzadeh (Teff=1.84, 7 PER, 2 SDA, 6 SPO)
Soheil Khoshbinfar (Teff=0.92, 1 CAP, 1 SDA, 1 SPO)
Mazyar Seyyednezhad (Teff=0.90, 1 KCG, 2 PER, 1 SDA, 1 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=1.08, 2 AQR, 1 CAP, 7 SPO)
July 30, 2002:
Daniel Gruen (Teff=0.80, 2 NDA, 6 SPO)
Michel Vandeputte (Teff=2.00, 3 AQR, 2 CAP, 4 PER, 19 SPO)
July 31, 2002:
Pierre Martin (Teff=0.97, 1 NDA, 7 SPO)
Bert Matous (Teff=1.25, 2 CAP, 3 NDA, 2 PER, 6 SDA, 9 SPO)
OBSERVED SHOWERS
Shower # Observed
ACG: Alpha Cygnids 15
AQR: Combined Aquarid Radiants 10
CAP: Capricornids 19
JPE: July Pegasids 11
KCG: Kappa Cygnids 8
NDA: Northern Delta Aquarids 9
PER: Perseids 28
SAG: Sagittarids 22
SDA: Southern Delta Aquarids 18
SIA: Southern Iota Aquarids 1
TOP: Theta Ophiuchids 1
SPO: Sporadics 530