(meteorobs) XBO meteors - 02/06/05, WVa

[George Gliba]

                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                             February 05/06, 2005

   We had good conditions to look for the Xi Bootid meteors on Sunday morning.
Despite the cold (20 deg. F.), I was able to get two hours of meteor observing
in. From 6:54 to 8:54 UT I was able to see 29 meteors. There were a few clouds
the first hour, but the second hour was very good conditions. The brightest
meteor was only a 1st magnitude sporadic seen at 8:50 UT. We also observed the 
bright supernova 2005V in NGC 2146, and comet Machholz Q2, which had a nice
2 degree tail in 15x70 binoculars. Below is a short breakdown of the meteors
observed.

Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. ANT  CRB  XBO  SER  NPX  SPX  SPO  Total   FOV  Comments
6:54-7:54  6.2  20%    2    1    0    2    1    0    4     10  14.5+40  haze
7:54-8:54  6.5   0%    3    1    2    2    1    0   10     19  15.6+30  clear

Magnitude Distributions (6:54-8:54 UT)
    -1  0  1  2  3  4  5  Total Ave.
ANT  0  0  0  1  2  1  1    5   3.4
CRB  0  0  0  1  0  1  0    2   3.0
XBO  0  0  0  1  0  1  0    2   3.0
SER  0  0  0  1  1  2  0    4   3.3
NPX  0  0  0  0  1  0  1    2   4.0
SPX  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0   N/A
SPO  0  0  1  2  5  3  3   10   3.4

Clear Skies,
GWG