(meteorobs) Observations Dec 21/22 2005 Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

Finally got around to putting together the report for
this short but entertaining observing session.  Cut
the session short due to moonrise.  It does seem to me
that the Ursid activity was a bit higher than average.


DATE: Dec 21/22, 2005  BEGIN: 04:15 UT  END: 05:30 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: URS, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD       F     LM        URS  SPO

04:15-05:30  1.05  4.9        4    2

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:

    -6  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5
    ---------------------------------------------
URS                             1   1   1   1        
SPO                                 1       1

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:

5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered at RA 07h 30m Dec +50

DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: none 
TEFF = 1.25 hrs

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 4.9

METEOR DATA:
                            SPEED
#     TIME(UT) SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)  COLOR  TRAIN(SEC)
---------------------------------------------------
1	04:27	URS	+1    3    yellow
2	04:39	URS	+3    3
3	04:55	URS	+4    3
4       04:58   SPO     +2    4 
5       05:13   SPO     +4    5
6       05:14   URS     +2    3           wake


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