(meteorobs) Aug 3/4 '04 eve. session in E Central KS (MATBE)

[Bertunit at aol.com]

Just ahead of fairly strong T-Storms at 130 am here in the KC Metro area,
I got 1 hr. teff in about the same time as the last session.  Early eve. just
at the end of twilight and having the 86% moon rise during the last 15 min. 
or so of the watch. Cirrus was encroaching from the west off the high tops
of the T-Storms but did little to hamper observations. 
I faced South with the later moonrise.

DATE - 2004 Aug 3/4 0948-1054 pm CST
                   Aug 4    0248-0354 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 - Was warm in the low 80's with SSE wind @ 10 MPH

OBSERVING SEGMENT - 

948-1054 pm Local time CDT (0248-0354 UT) dead time 6 min.
zs. - +6.1/6.45/6.1/5.8/5.6 at 15 min intervals   
FOV - due S at 70 degrees
METEORS - 8 total:  1 PER, 1 ACap, 1 SDA, 1 NDA, 4 Spor

Comments - Was a very warm eve. but the breeze off the lake helped.
Very nice and clear conditions, moon came up and quickly killed off the
limiting mag.s.  Just faint but well seen single members from the showers,
the Alpha Cap was a slow nice one low in the south. The hour watch failed
to produce a bright meteor. I plan to watch this time period again a couple
times in the next few eve.s.

Magnitude Distributions 

PER       +0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(1)+4(0)+5(0)    Mean +3.00  N~:  0
CAP        +0(0)+1(0)+2(1)+3(0)+4(0)+5(0)   Mean +2.00  N~:  0
SDA        +0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(0)+4(1)+5(0)   Mean +4.00  N~:  0
NDA        +0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(0)+4(1)+5(0)   Mean +4.00  N~:  0
SPOR     +0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(1)+4(1)+5(2)    Mean +4.25  N~ : 0

Summary : 

Teff 1.00 hours (6 min dead time during a 66 min. period.)
Total meteors - 8
Perseids - 1
Alpha Capricornids - 1
SDAq - 1
NDAq - 1
Sporadics - 4
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