(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 6/20/04 WVa

[George Gliba]

                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                                June 19/20, 2004

  We had a nice night, with good to excellent transparency on Sunday morning, 
except for a few clouds and it was windy. The best meteor that was seen while 
recording was a beautiful slow -1 yellow-green sporadic at 6:02 UT. However, 
the best meteor of the night was seen earlier that evening when a nice medium 
speed -2 yellow bolide came from near Cepheus to Ursa Minor. Lots of very nice
deep sky objects were seen with the 20-inch F/5 Dob. before recording meteors, 
including the nice 14th magnitude type-Ia supernova now visible in NGC 6907
in Capricornus. The post transit crescent Venus was also seen during the dawn 
before sunrise. Below is a breakdown of the meteors recorded.

 Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. JLY  SAG  NPX  SPX  SPO Total   FOV       Comments
 5:35-6:35  6.5   10%   0    1    1    1    8   11   22.3+30    good trans.
 6:35-7:35  6.7   20%   0    1    3    2   11   17   various  excellent trans.


Magnitude Distribution - 5:35 to 7:35 UT
    -1  0  1  2  3  4  5  6 Total Ave.
JLY  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0   N/A
SAG  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0   2   2.0
NPX  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0   4   2.5
SPX  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  0   3   3.3
SPO  1  1  1  5  4  2  4  1  19   3.0

Clear Skies,
GWG