(meteorobs) AUG 1/2 2004 eve. report E Central KS (MATBE)

[Bertunit at aol.com]

With very clear sky conditions and the time available to me I went down
to my dark-sky site S of town for an hour of observing just at the end of
twilight, with the rise of the moon coinciding with the start of my 1 hr. 
session.

DATE - 2004 Aug 1/2  0940-1040 pm  CST
                   Aug 2     0240-0340 UT
OBSERVER - Bert G. Matous
SITE - Rutlader, KS on Middle Creek Lake, North end
         +38.5 N   94 37' W
28.5 miles S of Overland Park KS
WEATHER - No wind, upper 70's.

OBSERVING SEGMENT - 

0940-1040 pm Local time CDT (0240-0340) 
zs. - In 15 min. increments, (5 readings per hr.)
       5.5/5.7/5.5/5.2/5.1      Rising just past full moon in low ESE
FOV due W at 70 degrees
METEORS - 5 tot.  1 PER, 1 NDA, 3 Sporadics

Comments - 3 of the 5 were quality meteors.  3 minutes into session had
a +0.5 blue slow 5 degree long sporadic near Vega, followed ten minutes later 
by
a fantastic Northern Delta Aquarid 3.0 second earthgrazer of 0 magnitude.
Reddish with a nebulous head and a trace train, traversing over 45 degrees
from N Oph clear thru Bootes.  After the magnitude +3 Spor and the 
+3 PER near the Big Dipper handle there was a long dry spell of 28 minutes,
with the last meteor being another +0 magnitude Sporadic, reddish orange
falling to the SW. I was out last night Aug 3/4 as well about the same time
period and with the improved zenithal star the typical meteors were quite a
bit fainter.  I will post that report later in the day.  

Magnitude Distributions 

PER      +0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(1)+4(0)+5(0)      Mean +3.00  N~:  0 of 1
NDA      +0(1)+1(0)+2(0)+3(0)+4(0)+5(0)      Mean +0.00  N~:  1 of 1
SPOR +0(1.5)+1(0.5)+2(0)+3(1)+4(0)+5(0)   Mean +1.17  N~:  0 of 3

Summary : 

Teff 1.00 hours
Total meteors - 5
Perseids - 1
NAq - 1
Sporadics - 3 
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