(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 9/11/05, WVa

[George Gliba]

                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                            September 10/11, 2005

  We had fairly good conditions, but a little haze. From 05:55 to 07:55 UT,
with a limiting magnitude that averaged 6.2 for two hours, I saw 37 meteors.
However, nothing was brighter than 1st magnitude, and the best meteor was
a 3rd magnitude orange-white slow moving Kappa Aquarid seen at 6:44 UT.
Three ATR candidates were seen, as well as five SPR meteors, and two SET
candidate meteors. Some good apex (3 NPX & 4 SPX) and sporadic (16) activity 
was seen, and three Antihelion meteors were also observed. Below is a short 
breakdown of the activity seen:

  Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. KAQ SPI ATR SPR SET NPX SPX SPO Total  FOV   Comments
05:55-06:55  6.2   0%    1   2   1   2   1   2   2   9   20   0.2+10   haze   
06:55-07:55  6.2   0%    0   1   2   3   1   1   2   7   17   1.8+15   haze

Magnitude Distribution (05:55-07:55 UT)

     0  1  2  3  4  5  Total  Ave.
KAQ  0  0  0  1  0  0    1    3.0
SPI  0  2  1  0  0  0    3    1.3
ATR  0  0  0  0  0  3    3    5.0
SPR  0  0  2  0  3  0    5    3.2
SET  0  1  0  1  0  0    2    2.0
NPX  0  0  2  0  1  0    3    2.7
SPX  0  2  1  1  0  0    4    1.8
SPO  0  1  2  6  2  5   16    3.5

Clear Skies,
GWG