(meteorobs) LEO/AMO, 11/21/04, WVa

[George Gliba]

                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                             November 20/21, 2004

   Although we had mostly poor to marginal conditions most of the night, I
was able to get in two hours of meteor observing.  The first hour, from
6:35 to 7:35 UT was marginal, and the second hour, after a break due to the
clouds, from 8:17 to 9:17 UT was pretty good conditions. Few AMOs were seen, 
with only one the first hour and three the second hour. The Northern Apex and
late Leonids were fairly active this morning, but the Leonids were fainter. 
The best meteor seen was a -1 magnitude NPX seen at 8:30 UT. I was also able 
to get a look at comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz in Lepus using both 15x70 and 10X50 
binoculars. Below is a short list of what meteors were seen, etc.


Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. NTA  STA  AMO  NPX  SPX  LEO  SPO Total FOV   Comments
6:35-7:35  5.0  60%    0    1    1    1    1    1    3    8   var.  60% clouds
8:17-9:17  6.2   0%    3    3    3    6    2    6    8   31  10+35  some haze


Magnitude Distribution (6:35-9:17 UT, 7:36-8:16 UT break, 2 hrs. Teff)

    -1  0  1  2  3  4  5  Total Ave.
NTA  0  0  0  0  3  0  0    3   3.0
STA  0  0  0  1  1  2  0    4   3.2  
AMO  0  0  1  1  1  1  0    4   2.5   
NPX  1  0  1  0  2  2  1    7   2.3   
SPX  0  0  0  0  1  2  0    3   3.6      
LEO  0  0  1  0  1  5  0    7   3.4   
SPO  0  0  0  1  4  4  2   11   3.6


Clear Skies,
GWG