(meteorobs) Obs: 30/31 July 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

31 July 2006 04:00 - 08:30 (CDST 30/31 July 2006 11:00pm - 3:30am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park Observatory 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 and talking clock; a very warm night with steady
temperature never falling below 80 degrees F while I was observing.

Antihelion
Capricornid
Perseid
Piscis Austrinid
North Delta Aquarid
South Delta Aquarid
Sporadic

04:00-05:00; 81 degrees F; wind South 5 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
6.0; facing SE 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (4 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:13  +2     CAP 
04:20  +3     Spor
04:34  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: +2
Perseid: none
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: none
Sporadic: +3(2)
Total meteors: three

05:00-06:00; 80 degrees F; wind South 10 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
6.0; facing SE 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (3 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:25  +1     CAP
05:28  +1     PAU    brief train; yellow
05:31  +3     Spor
05:33  +2     CAP
05:37  +3     SDA
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: +1, +2
Perseid: none
Piscis Austrinid: +1
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +3
Sporadic: +3
Total meteors: five

06:00-07:00; 80 degrees F; wind S 10 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing SE 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (3 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:04  +1     Spor   orange
06:10  +5     PER
06:13  +4     Spor
06:14  +2     PER    yellow
06:15  +3     Spor
06:29  +5     Spor
06:32  +3     SDA
06:45  +3     SDA
06:48  +1     PAU    brief train
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: none
Perseid: +2, +5
Piscis Austrinid: +1
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +3(2)
Sporadic: +1, +3, +4, +5
Total meteors: nine

07:00-08:30; 80 degrees F; wind South 10 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
6.0; facing SE 45 degrees; Total teff 1.5 hour (5 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
07:03   0     CAP    yellow
07:11  +1     CAP
07:12  +2     ANT
07:13  -1     PER    yellow; 0.5 sec. train
07:17  +3     PER
07:19  +3     Spor
07:21  -2     Spor   1 sec. train
07:28  +2     Spor
07:33  +5     Spor
07:33  +2     SDA
07:44  +2     ANT
07:48  +2     PER    brief train
07:50  -1     CAP    yellow
07:54   0     Spor
08:03  +3     Spor
08:08  +3     Spor
08:09  +3     CAP
08:17  +3     PER
08:19  +2     NDA
08:20  +2     Spor
08:24  +3     PER    brief train
Antihelion: +2(2)
Capricornid: -1, 0, +1, +3
North Delta Aquarid: +2
South Delta Aquarid: +2
Perseid: -1, +2, +3(3)
Piscis Austrinid: none
Sporadic: -2, 0, +2(2), +3(3), +5
Total meteors: twenty-one