(meteorobs) VANMC 10-11 August

[Michel Vandeputte]

Day : 10-11      Month : August     Year : 2005 
begin : 20.40 UT    End : 02.40 UT
Location : Ishes (near Bourbonne les bains / dep. Vosges)   Country : France   long.  5. 46 E    lat  47.58 N - alt 400 m
Observer : Michel Vandeputte    IMO code : VANMC
Method :  Visual observations - tape recorder. 


Observed Showers : 

Perseids  : alfa 44° / delta : +58°
Southern Aquarids : alfa 349° / delta ; -13°
Northern Aquarids : alfa 336° / delta : -05°
Capricornids : alfa : 319° / delta : -06°
Kappa Cygnids : alfa : 284° / delta ; +58°
Southern iota aquarids : alfa : 340° / delta : -14°
Northern iota Aquarids : alfa 317° / delta : -7°

Interval analyse 

Periods    Teff        F        Lm            PER    AQR    KCG   CAP    SPOR

20.40-21.40    1.00    1.00    6.90    22        1        1        0        16
21.40-22.40    1.00    1.00    6.90    13        1        0        1        8
22.40-23.40    1.00    1.00    6.90    30        1        0        0        12
23.40-00.40    1.00    1.00    6.90    37        0        0        0        12
00.40-01.40    1.00    1.00    7.00    43        0        0        0        11
01.40-02.40    1.00    1.00    7.00    38        0        0        0        18

20.40-02.40    6.00                            183     3        1        1        77 = 265       
        
                  
                            
Magnitude distributions

PER   -5(1)-2(4)-1(4)+0(11)+1(14)+2(22)+3(50)+4(54)+5(23) mean 2.94 N~ : 60 
KCG   +0(0)+1(0)+2(1)+3(0)+4(0)+5(0) mean 2.00 N~ : 0
AQR   +0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(2)+4(1)+5(0) mean 3.33 N~ : 0
CAP   +0(0)+1(1)+2(0)+3(0)+4(0)+5(0) mean 1.00 N~ : 0
SPOR +0(1)+1(0)+2(5)+3(19)+4(36)+5(16) mean 3.78 N ~ : 6

Summary night

Teff : 6.00 h
total meteors : 265
Perseids : 183
Aquarids : 3
Capricornids : 1
Kappa Cygnids : 1
Sporadics : 77

Remarks

First night of my Perseid expedition to Southern France. For the first night we travelled 500 km into southeastern directions and watched from a dark place in the low mountains chain called the "Vosges". After this night we travelled further into southern directions...

Kind regards,

Michel Vandeputte
VVS Belgium meteor section
Dutch Meteor Society