(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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