(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 6/12/05, WVa

George Gliba gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Jun 13 10:36:57 EDT 2005


                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                                June 11/12, 2005

   We had a mostly clear night at our cabin in West Virginia Saturday/Sunday
and I was able to get in a couple hours of meteor observing. Some interesting
activity was seen from both the Xi Draconids and the June Lyrids, but they were
mostly faint. The Antihelion sourse was pretty active as well. The best meteor 
seen was a -1 sporadic meteor with a nice blue-green color seen at 4:52 UT. 

   I had a blast with our new 25x100 Skymaster binoculars. The milkyway star-
fields were awesome, with stars and dark nebulae everywhere.  We had a few
clouds, but overall it was a beautiful starry night after moonset. Below is a 
short breakdown of the meteor activity observed.


Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. SAG  JLY  XDR  NPX  SPX  SPO  Total   FOV     Comments
4:22-5:22  6.2   20%   5    1    6    0    0    10    22  various  some clouds
5:22-6:22  6.4    0%   3    3    3    2    0     7    18  22.3+45     clear


Magnitude Distributions (4:22-6:22 UT)
    -1  0  1  2  3  4  5  Total Ave.
SAG  0  0  1  0  5  2  0    8   3.0
JLY  0  0  0  0  2  1  1    4   3.8
XDR  0  0  0  1  1  3  5    9   4.1
NPX  0  0  0  1  0  1  0    2   3.0
SPX  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0   N/A
SPO  1  0  1  0  4  5  6   17   3.6

Clear Skies,
GWG


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