(meteorobs) Observations 21/22Apr 2006 from Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

This was my first opportunity to view the Lyrids. 
Even though the count was rather low, it was an
enjoyable session.

DATE: Apr 21/22, 2006  BEGIN: 07:00 UT  END: 08:00 UT
OBSERVER: Bill Godley
LOCATION: Long 95:57:44 W; Lat 35:56:52 N
CITY/STATE: Coweta, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 ft
METHOD: Visual w/ tape recorder
TEMP (Avg): 14 degrees C

OBSERVED SHOWERS: LYR, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD       F     LM        LYR  SPO

07:00-08:00  1.05  5.0        4    2

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:

    -6  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5
    ---------------------------------------------
LYR                         2   1           1        
SPO                                     1   1

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:

5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered at RA 16h 00m Dec +15

DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: none 
TEFF = 1.00 hrs

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.1

METEOR DATA:
                            SPEED
#     TIME(UT) SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)  COLOR    TRAIN(SEC)
------------------------------------------------------
1	07:05	LYR	+1    3
2	07:08	SPO	+4    4
3	07:27	LYR	+4    4
4       07:44   SPO     +3    4               
5       07:49   LYR      0    2
6       07:54   LYR      0    3            0.5 (wake)


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