(meteorobs) Obs: 31 July/01 Aug 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

31 July 2006 05:00-06:45 (CDST 31 July 2006 12:00am - 1:45am)

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

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

05:00-06:45; 80 - 78 degrees F; wind South 10 mph; clear; average limiting
magnitude 6.0; facing SE 45 degrees 05;00-06:30; facing E 45 degrees 06:30-06:45
to avoid clouds coming in from the West; Total teff l.75 hours (7 jets/planes)
Quit at 06:45 because clouds entering field of view in Eastern sky.
Time   mag.  type   comment
05:02  +2    PER    0.5 sec. train
05:03  +1    PER    0.5 sec. train; orange
05:06  +1    PER    brief train
05:07  +2    SDA
05:18  +3    PER
05:27  +1    PER    brief train; yellow
05:30   0    CAP    yellow
05:39  +3    Spor
05:41   0    Spor
05:49  -1    CAP    yellow
05:51  -2    CAP    yellow
05:57  +4    NDA
05:59  -6    CAP    yellow; 1 sec. train
06:02  +1    Spor
06:09   0    CAP
06:14  +3    Spor
06:15  +3    Spor
06:19  +2    Spor
06:28  +4    Spor
06:35   0    Spor
06:44  +2    Spor
06:44  +3    Spor

Antihelion: none
Capricornid: -6, -2, -1, 0(2)
North Delta Aquarid: +4
South Delta Aquarid: +2
Perseid: +1(3), +2, +3
Piscis Austrinid: none
Sporadic: 0(2), +1, +2(2), +3(4), +4
Total meteors: twenty-two