(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 5/8/5 WVa

[George Gliba]

                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                                May 07/08, 2005

   We had a clear night last Saturday/Sunday and did some observing. We saw
a few deep sky objects and comet Machholz Q2. I also got in three good hours
of meteor observing, but twilight interfered after 8:30 UT the last hour.
Good activity was seen from the ETAs the last hour, and moderate activity
was seen fron the IAAs the first two hours. Sporadic activity was low. The
best meteor seen was a 0 magnitude yellow-green Eta Aquarid with a 2 second 
train seen at 8:11 UT. Below is a short breakdown of the meteors observed.

Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. SAG  IAA  CAU  ETA  SPO  Total   FOV      Comments
6:00-7:00  6.2   0%    3    2    0    1    4    10   20.4+40  slight haze
7:00-8:00  6.4   0%    2    4    2    1    5    14   20.8+34     clear
8:00-9:00  6.2   0%    1    1    1    6    6    15   21.4+30    twilight 

Magnitude Distributions (6:00-9:00 UT)
    -1  0  1  2  3  4  5  Total Ave.
SAG  0  0  1  2  2  0  1    6   2.7
IAA  0  0  0  1  2  2  2    7   3.7
CAU  0  0  1  1  1  0  0    3   2.0
ETA  0  1  1  2  2  2  0    8   2.4
SPO  0  0  0  4  5  2  4   15   3.4

Clear Skies,
GWG