(meteorobs) Obs: 26/27 April 2006

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Sat Apr 29 15:56:54 EDT 2006


27 April 2006 04:00 - 06:00 (CDST 26/27 April 2006 11 pm - 1 am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W  Lat: 42 deg 05 min N  Elevation: 318 meters
Method: Visual; paper, pencil & talking clock

Antihelion
Lyrids
Sporadics

04:00-05:00; 50 deg F; wind South 5 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (4 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:32  +3     LYR
04:34  +2     LYR
04:54  -1     ANT    orange; brief train
Antihelion: -1
Lyrids: +2, +3
Sporadics: none
Total meteors: 3

05:00-06:00; 47 deg F; wind South 3 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (3 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:01  +4     Spor
05:38  +4     Spor
Antihelion: none
Lyrids: none
Sporadics: +4(2)
Total meteors: 2

Comet high at 2:05 am CDST; seemed unimpressive in 8 X 35 binoculars; brightest
region seemed to be fairly elongated; some faint tail; will have to brighten a
lot to seen n.e. from this location.



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