(meteorobs) data Aug 11/12 2004 from (MATBE) Southeast KS, USA

[Bertunit at aol.com]

Got my data reduced today after a 10 hr. workday, here it is.

Observer - Bert G Matous
Location - West of Pittsburg KS
37.4 N 94.75 W

0936-1040 CDT    7 P, 3 S    (4 min. dead time) avg. of 45% clouds
0236-0340 UT      z.s. +6.0 (twilight) increasing to +6.3  
Field of View (FOV) - West @ 70 degrees

1115-1215 CDT   21 P, 6 S, 1 Lacertid, 1 SDA, 1 NDA, 1 NiA, 1 KC
0415-0515 UT     z.s. +6.3   clear skies
FOV - WNW @ 80 degrees

1215-1221 CDT    5 P, 1 S    (Downtime plotting -6 & -2 Perseids & break
till next time period). zs remaining +6.3 and clear skies

1245-0115 CDT    29 P, 3 S, 2 SiA, 1 NDA, 1 SDA, 2 KC
0545-0615 UT      zs - +6.35 
FOV - N @ 70 degrees (.5 hr. time period) go to wake up my
daughter to watch the display.

0125-0230 CDT  46 P, 4 S, 1 SiA, 1 NDA, 1 SDA, 2 KC, 1 AC, 1 Lacertid
0625-0725 UT    zs - +6.35
FOV - NW @ 70 degrees   (5 min. dead time 210-215 am)

Comments - 
I recorded by hand, on large legal pad without looking down.  I noted 5
of the sporadics as being from NE Cygnus, being swift and 4 of 
them appearing in sets of 2 within 90 seconds of each other.  I noted
one long track sporadic from Ursa Major this nite, 3 in 1:36 the 
following nite, 2 of them in the early eve., all fairly slow and distinctive.

Nothing dramatic on the counts but high considering the low altitude
of the radiant in the midnite-ish timeframe.  Clumpy as usual on the
Perseids, I had two sets of nearly simultaneous Perseids.  My  daughter
Ashley had 28 meteors, incl. 1 Lacertid and the Alpha Capricornid from
0125-0210 am herself.  Perseids earned back some respect after a 
couple off years in my opinion, sure were a bunch of nice +1 to 0 mag class
meteors this return. 


                                      
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