(meteorobs) Observations August 9/10 from Oregon

[Wesley Stone]

I was going to skip this night and rest up for my trip to the Oregon Star Party on Wednesday, but I woke up just before 3am and decided to go outside for some fresh air.  There weren't any clouds this morning, but during the 1.25 hours I watched Perseid activity was actually a bit lower than the previous morning after correction for conditions.  Sporadic rates did show an increase (but who can tell anything from such a small time sample?)  The highlight was a beautiful -3 Perseid with a violet tinge and a 10-second train.

Guess I'll skip Wednesday morning instead.  Off to OSP for the peak! 

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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
http://skytour.homestead.com


Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE) 
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W) 
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder 
Date: 2004 August 10 UT 

Interval UT   Teff     F     LM    CAP   SDA   PER   Spo*   
1030-1146     1.25   1.11    6.6    1     1     20    16

*Spo includes 2 Northern Apex meteors and 2 Southern Apex meteors. The single CAP and SDA were the only meteors from that region during the watch, although I noted 1 NDA during setup.

Magnitude Distribution:

      -3  ...   0    1    2    3    4    5    Total (Mean)
CAP    -        -    -    -    1    -    -      1    (3.0)
SDA    -        -    -    -    1    -    -      1    (3.0)
PER    1        1    2    5    6    4    1     20    (2.4)
Spo    -        -    1    6    7    1    1     16    (2.7)


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