(meteorobs) Obs: 04/05 August 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

05 August 2006 06:30-08:30 (CDST 04/05 Aug 2006 1:30-3:30am)

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

06:30-07:30; 68 degrees F; wind South 10 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
5.7; some thin cirrus during first half hour; facing ESE 06:30-06:45; then
facing East 06:45-07:30 because of sky glow lit cirrus in South; Total teff 1.0
hour (2 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:33  +2     CAP
06:37  -2     PER    orange; 1 sec. train
06:39   0     CAP    yellow
06:42  +2     PER    brief train
06:46  +3     ANT
06:48   0     Spor   05. sec. train
06:49  +3     Spor   
06:53  -3     PER    yellow; 2 sec. train
06:57  +3     SDA
06:59  +2     Spor   brief train
07:10  +1     PER
07:14  +3     PER
07:18  +3     Spor
07:21  +4     Spor
Antihelion: +3
Capricornid: 0, +2
Kappa Cygnid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +3
Perseid: -3, -2, +1, +2, +3
Piscis Austrinid: none
Sporadic: 0, +2, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: fourteen

07:30-08:30; 66 degrees F; wind South 10 mph; clear; first half hour some sky
glow lit cirrus in South; last 10 minutes some thin haze moving in from West;
average limiting magniutde 5.5; facing East 45 degrees 07:30-08:00; facing ESE
45 degrees 08:00-08:30; Total teff 1.0 hour (2 jets)
Time   mag.  type   comment
07:40  +3    Spor
07:41  -2    PER    orange; 1 sec. train
07:43  +3    CAP
07:47  +1    CAP    yellow
08:09  +2    Spor
08:10   0    Spor   orange
08:11  -2    PER    yellow; 1 sec. train
08:13  +4    Spor
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: +1, +3
Kappa Cygnid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: none
Perseid: -2(2)
Piscis Austrinid: none
Sporadic: 0, +2, +3, +4
Total meteors: eight