(meteorobs) Perseids from Central Virginia (11/12 August & August 12/13)
Martinez, Felix
fmartinez at nelson.k12.va.us
Wed Aug 17 14:08:17 EDT 2005
Below are the remaining reports from the two Perseid Max nights:
Date - 11/12 August 2005
Location - Eastern Side of Elon, Virginia (Latitude: 3731N/Longitude: 07911W) and Blue Ridge Parkway (just 1.25 miles N of Otter Creek Campground)
Observing Period ~ 0300 - 0610 UT & 0655 - 0745 UT
[Meteors Seen] - 33 Total
0300-0310 UT (Casual Observing) 1 Perseid (Magnitude 4.0)
0310-0410 UT 3 Per 1 Kap Cyg LM 5.5; Teff of 55 minutes
0410-0510 UT 4 Per LM 5.5-5.3; Teff of 58 minutes (haze and upper clouds quite prevalent)
0510-0610 UT 12 Per LM 5.3-5.0; Teff of 58 minutes (haze and clouds more prevalent)
FOG covered us at 0620!! Therefore, I took off for higher elevation (drove up to Blue Ridge Parkway - about 20 minutes to the west)
0620-0655 UT (Casually observed) 2 Perseids
0655-0700 UT (Casually observed) 2 Perseids LM 6.0
0700-0710 UT 6 Per LM 6.0+
0710-0740 UT 2 Per (No meteors seen between 0710 and 0730!!/ by 0740 LM only 5.5 and Observing Hole decreases as Fog caught up with me!)
Comments - Did not have a good night of observing as conditions were not very consistent. Enjoyed the company of my wife & children, along with some friends while still observing in Elon. Made the 20 minute trek up to the Blue Ridge Parkway on my own. Brightest Perseid seen was a -1 that was green.)
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Date - 12/13 August 2005
Location - Eastern Side of Elon, Virginia (Latitude: 3731N/Longitude: 07911W)
Observing Period ~ 0310 - 0905 UT
[Meteors Seen] - 90 Total
0310-0410 UT 5 Per 1 Alp Cap 1 Kap Cyg 2 Spor LM 6.0; Teff of 55 minutes
0410-0510 UT 8 Per 2 Alp Cap 2 Kap Cyg 1 Spor LM 6.0+; Teff of 55 minutes
0510-0610 UT 11 Per LM 6.0+; Teff of 55 minutes
0610-0700 UT 14 Per 1 PA? 2 Kap Cyg LM 6.0 - 4.0; Teff of 45 minutes (fogged in before 0700)
0715-0735 UT (Casual Observing) 4 Per 1 Spor LM 5.2; fog slowly clearing
0735-0750 UT 4 Per LM 5.5-5.8 as fog continues to clear
0755-0810 UT 13 Per LM 6.0; Teff of 15 minutes
0810-0905 UT 14 Per 1 NDA 3 Spor LM 6.0-5.5; Teff of 45 minutes
Comments - Even with numerous interruptions (observing with a group of 21 Folks from my Family & Church - they had questions from time to time), goodly amount of meteors to see and enjoy! This turned out to be a better night than the previous one. Even saw a -3 Perseid at 0612 UT. It was Orange-Yellow with a three- second train. Saw it drop low into NW Sky, which means that observers in West Virginia would have had an excellent look at that one - higher overhead!!)
Did not get out to observe 13/14 August like I had planned - way too much haze in the sky.
In Astronomical Affinity - Felix
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From: FELIX A MARTINEZ [mailto:suejam1 at juno.com]
Sent: Tue 8/16/2005 10:34 PM
To: Martinez, Felix
Subject: Some Perseids from Central Virginia on August 10/11 2005
Hey FAMster - need reports for 11/12 and 12/13 August 2005.
FAM Sends
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From: FELIX A MARTINEZ <suejam1 at juno.com>
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Cc: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:01:17 -0400
Subject: (meteorobs) Some Perseids from Central Virginia on August 10/11
2005
Date - 10/11 August 2005
Location - Backyard Area of Home which is about 14 miles NNE of
Lynchburg, Virginia (rural outskirts of Madison Heights - Monroe)
Observing Period: 0340- 0610 UT (2340 to 0210 EDT)
[Meteors Seen] - 17 Total
(0340-0410 UT)
Perseid 5
0357 Perseid -1 Blue-Green; 2 sec Train
*LM of 6.0+ and 28 minutes of Teff (Air Temp-69 degrees F, but over 90%
humidity)*
(0410-0510 UT)
Perseid 4
0428 Perseid 0 Yellow
Perseid 4
Sporadic 6
Alpha Cap -1 Yellow
Perseid 3
* LM of 6.0 and Teff of 1.00 hour *
(0510-0610 UT)
Perseid 4
SDA 2 Yellow
Kap Cyg 3
Perseid 2 Yellow; Trace
Perseid 3
Perseid 4
Perseid 1 Green; 1 sec train
Perseid 0 Yellow; 2 sec train
NIA (ANT) 2 Yellow
* LM of 5.8 and Teff of 50 min *
** engulfed in fog by 0615 UT!**
Did venture out for the 1st big night of the maximum (Aug 11/12). Sky
never really completely cleared with a thin layer of clouds covering most
of sky allowing for no better than a LM of about 5.5. Was able to see 33
meteors between 0300 and 0740 UT. Even had to make the 20 minute trek up
to the Blue Ridge Parkway after we were engulfed in the fog again @ 0620
UT. Then at the higher elevation, I was able to observe in slightly
better conditions between 0655 and 0740 UT, before the upper level clouds
made the LM not worth the effort. One interesting note to insert here is
that I observed NO METEORS between 0710-0725 UT with a LM of 6.0+. This
should have been a time when the Perseids were really "ramping up." It
is like they disappeared for a while? There seemed to have been lots of
lulls in the activity, which I have already noted in some of the reports.
Will follow this one up later with the full report for August 11/12.
Hope that everyone else did better than Our Group, provided You had
clearer skies. One of these days I really need to make the trek to get
together with Kim, Mark or the fine folks in West Virginia!!
In Astronomical Affinity - Felix
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:31:57 -0400 FELIX A MARTINEZ <suejam1 at juno.com>
writes:
> Was out last night (this morning) in our backyard between 0340 and
> 0610
> UT and saw 17 meteors with some impressive Perseid meteors. Then
> the fog
> moved in and engulfed me around 0615 UT. By then even the "summer
> triangle" was difficult to see.
>
> Looking better for tonight and tomorrow night as we will head over
> as a
> Family to Our Friend's (and Children's "nanny") place in a little
> more
> rural area about 10 minutes to WSW. Plan is to observe between 0310
> and
> 0910 UT on both these big nights. Hope that many of You get an
> opportunity to do some Perseid observing the tonight and the next
> few
> nights!!
>
> In Astronomical Affinity - Felix
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:21:59 -0400 "Norman W. McLeod III"
> <nmcleod at peganet.com> writes:
> > This is the year that I expect to see more than 60 Perseids/hour.
>
> > America
> > should be under the region of best rates, going by the scheme I
> have
> > had in
> > progress since 1969. Every 4th year is best since the highest
> rates
> > are
> > concentrated within a few hours.
> >
> > Joan and I are going to spend the night in Lehigh Acres with a
> > friend,
> > Robert E Riefer, who has a good view from his front yard. We plan
>
> > on
> > observing roughly 2am to nearly 6am local time. Typical afternoon
>
> > thundershowers are present right now but should clear out for the
>
> > prime
> > observing hours.
> >
> > Hope folks elsewhere in nearby time zones can see the Perseids
> this
> >
> > year. It should be a real treat for a change.
> >
> >
> > Norman
> >
> >
> > Norman W. McLeod III
> > Staff Advisor
> > American Meteor Society
> >
> > Fort Myers, Florida
> > nmcleod at peganet.com
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