(meteorobs) Coweta, OK Observations August 12/13 2005

[Bill Godley]

Though mostly a cloudy night in NE Oklahoma, I found
some time where the sky was clear and was able to make
the following oservations. 

DATE: Aug 12/13, 2005  BEGIN: 07:00 UT  END: 08:25 UT
OBSERVER: Bill Godley
LOCATION: Long 95:57:44 W; Lat 35:56:52 N
CITY/STATE: Coweta, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 ft
METHOD: Visual w/ tape recorder

OBSERVED SHOWERS: PER, KCG, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD       F     LM    PER  KCG  SPO

07:00-08:25  1.03  5.1    18   1    3

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:

      -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5
      -------------------------------------
PER            1   1  4   4   2   3   3
KCG                           1
SPO                               1   2

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:

3% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered on Matar (eta Peg) in Pegasus

DEAD TIME: 10 minutes (messing with camera)
BREAKS: 
TEFF = 1.25 hrs

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.1

METEOR DATA:
                            SPEED
#     TIME(UT) SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)  COLOR  TRAIN(SEC)
---------------------------------------------------
1	2:08	PER	+1    3
2	2:09	PER	0     3
3	2:11	PER	+3    4
4	2:12	PER	+4    4
5	2:17	PER	+2    3
6	2:21	PER	0     4
7	2:23	PER	+1    3
8	2:38	SPO	+4    4
9	2:39	PER	+4    5
10	2:39	PER	+3    4
11	2:45	KCG	+2    2
12	2:54	PER	-1    3           Brief train
13	2:58	PER	+4    4
14	3:00	PER	-2    3
15	3:02	SPO	+3    4
16	3:03	PER	0     4           Brief train
17	3:03	PER	+2    4
18	3:04	PER	+1    3
19	3:09	SPO	+4    4
20	3:17	PER	+1    4
21	3:22	PER	+3    3
22	3:24	PER	0     3


NOTES:

I was not "looking for" KCG's but I happened to get a
very good look at the meteor and was able to trace it
to the appropriate radiant location.





		
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