(meteorobs) Corrected Report 5/8/5 WVa
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon May 9 15:38:30 EDT 2005
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 03:30:11PM -0400, George Gliba wrote:
>
> Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
> West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
> May 07/08, 2005
> [Corrected Report]
>
> 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.
>
> The data for the CAU meteors has been revised, because I had noted that
> these meteors were swift, when they are actually of medium speed. I should
> have caught this error sooner, but will include the corrections in my formal
> report to AMS.
>
> 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 0 1 7 14 20.8+34 clear
> 8:00-9:00 6.2 0% 1 1 0 6 7 15 21.4+30 twilight
>
> * Note: Corrected results for CAU meteors. After double checking, candidates
> were too [FAST}; so were probably chance sporadic alignments,
>
>
> 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
> ETA 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 8 2.4
> SPO 0 0 1 5 6 2 4 18 3.2
>
> Sincerely,
> GWG
>
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