(meteorobs) Observation from Central Virginia on August 9/10

FELIX A MARTINEZ suejam1 at juno.com
Tue Aug 10 12:13:27 EDT 2004


Looks like the almost two nights of previous observing got me back in the
meteor observing mode well.  The night provided some very fascinating
meteors and slight increase in meteor rates from the previous night. 
Looks like my observation is fairly comparable to Javor's, albeit several
hours later.  My report is as follows:


Date                -        August 9/10 2004

Begin Time       -        0420 UT

End                 -         0750 UT 
                           (Some Casual Observing 0805 - 0810 UT)

Location           -        37 26 N/079 07 W;  150 m

Place                -        Amherst County, Virginia Backyard

Air  Temp          -        16 degrees Celsius

Observer           -        Felix Martinez (MARFE)

(Observing Periods and Results)
0420 - 0520 UT  9 Per   1 NIA   1 KapCyg   5 Spor    LM 6.3; Teff 1.0
0520 - 0620       7 Per   2 NIA   2 NDA       4 Spor    LM 6.3; Teff 1.0
0620 - 0720       2 Per              1 NDA       6 Spor    LM 6.2; Teff
0.98
0720 - 0750 (30) 2 Per             1 KapCyg   1 Spor    LM 6.0; Teff 0.45
0805 - 0810        2 Per                             1 Spor

(Magnitude Distributions)
PER        -2(1); 0(3); +1(3); +2(1); +3(2); +4 (7); +5(3); +6(2)
NDA       +2(2); +3(1)
NIA        +2(1); +3(1); +4(1)
KCG       +1(1); +3(1)
Spor        0(1);  +2(3); +3(2); +4(5); +5(3); +6(3)

(Comments)
One thing that definitely became apparent to me, was the faintness of the
meteors that I was seeing.  In fact, I noticed multiple times objects
moving in the sky around my field of vision.  However, since I did not
have another observer with me, I could not confirm as meteors and
therefore could not count these occurrences.  Guess the faint maximum
forecast for tonight in Asia and Europe may indeed come to be a reality? 
For the maximum night (Wednesday 11/12), it does not look as promising
here in Central Virginia as maybe tonight.  Main question is, "how much
will the approaching cold front influence the weather here along the
eastern side of the Blue Ridge and the whole Mid-Atlantic?  Does it make
sense to depart the area for somewhere else like the Huntington, West
Virginia or the Cheraw, South Carolina area on Wednesday??  Will likely
make a decision about this issue by midmorning tomorrow!  In the
meanwhile, hope that everyone else is ready for the big night and has a
better chance for clear skies than I do right now!!

                                In Astronomical Affinity - Felix

 
> The Summary:
> Date: August 9/10 2004
> Begin: 21h 17m UT
> End: 00h 37m UT
> Location: 15° 27' 30" E, 46° 26' 17" N, 1185 m
> Place: Trije kralji, Slovenia (23114)
> Observer : Javor Kac (KACJA)
> 
> Period (UT)  Teff   F   Lm  PER CAP AQU KCG Spor
> 21:17-22:21  1.05 1.00 6.62  7   0   2   0    4
> 22:21-23:25  1.05 1.00 6.55  9   0   1   1    4
> 23:30-00:37  1.08 1.00 6.44 14   0   1   0    5
> FOV1: 320+25
> FOV2: 335+25
> FOV3: 350+25
> 
> Magnitude distributions:
> PER: -3(2) -2(1) -1(3) 0(2) +1(4) +2(4) +3(7) +4(6) +5(1)
> AQU: +3(2) +4(2)
> KCG: +1(1)
> Spor: 0(1) +1(0) +2(1) +3(4) +4(6) +5(1)
> 
> Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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