(meteorobs) Meteor watch July 23-24 (VANMC)

[Michel Vandeputte]

Day: 23-24    Month: July    Year: 2006
begin: 21.30 UT        end: 02.10 UT
Location: Ishes (dep Vosges) - France    long.  5.46 E    lat.  47.58 N    alt ?
Observer: Vandeputte Michel        IMO code: VANMC
Method: tape recorder, counting
Field: south

Observed showers: 

Perseids    alfa 23° / delta 54°
Capricornids     alfa 302° / delta -11°
Southern Delta Aquarids    alfa 336° / delta -16°
Northern Delta Aquarids    alfa 322° / delta -9° or ANT meteors


Interval analyse

Period            Teff        F        LM     PER    CAP    SDA    NDA     SPOR

21.30-22.30    1.00    1.00    6.95        0        0        4        0        15
22.30-23.30    1.00    1.00    7.00        1        1        4        0        22
23.30-00.30    1.00    1.00    7.00        2        0        3        0        19
00.30-01.30    1.00    1.00    7.00        4        2        6        1        21
01.30-02.10    0.67    1.00    6.90        3        0        0        0        19

21.30-02.10    4.67                            10       3        17      1        96    = 127 meteors        



Magnitude distributions

PER       +1(1)+2(3)+3(3)+4(3) N 10 Mean 2.80 N~:5
SDA       +0(1)+2(1)+3(2)+4(11)+5(2) N 17 Mean 3.65  N~: 1
NDA       +3(1) N 1 Mean 3.00
CAP       +2(2)+3(1) N 3 Mean 2.33
SPOR     +0(1)+1(0)+2(8)+3(16)+4(49)+5(22) N 96 Mean 3.85 N~: 5


Remarks

First night in a row of seven during my meteor observing camp from France. For the first night we stopped after 400kms of road in the French Vosges; this lies in the eastern France. Skies were great, reaching a LM of 7. The milky way was very impressive, at least for a meteor observer from a land were light pollution nearly rules...Meteor activity was moderate but attractive. More activity from the Aquarids, but Perseid rates were not very great. 

Kind regards, 

Michel.