(meteorobs) Meteor watch July 29-30 (VANMC)

[Michel Vandeputte]

Day: 29-30    Month: July    Year: 2006
begin: 22.00 UT        end: 02.55 UT
Location: Reillane (dep Hautes Provence)  - France    long.  5.40 E    lat.  43.52 N    alt 455m
Observer: Vandeputte Michel        IMO code: VANMC
Method: tape recorder, counting
Field: south

Observed showers: 

Perseids    alfa 29° / delta 55°
Capricornids     alfa 308° / delta -10°
Southern Delta Aquarids    alfa 340° / delta -16°
Northern Delta Aquarids    alfa 327° / delta -8° or ANT meteors


Interval analyse

Period            Teff        F        LM     PER    CAP    SDA    NDA     SPOR

22.00-23.00    1.00    1.00    6.70        1        1        3        0        17
23.00-00.00    1.00    1.00    6.70        4        0        6        2        24
00.00-00.20    0.33    1.00    6.70        1        0        3        0        4
01.25-02.25    1.00    1.00    6.63        7        0        7        1        24
02.25-02.55    0.50    1.00    6.72        2        0        1        1        17

22.00-02.55    3.83                            15       1        20       4        86    =126 meteors        




Magnitude distributions

PER       -1(1)+2(6)+3(6)+4(2) N 15 Mean 2.47 N~:5
SDA       +1(2)+2(4)+3(4)+4(9)+5(1) N 20 Mean 3.15    
NDA       +2(1)+3(1)+4(2) N 4 Mean 3.25
CAP       +3(1) N 1 Mean 3.00
SPOR     -6(1)-1(1)+0(0)+1(3)+2(5)+3(18)+4(47)+5(11) N 86 Mean 3.59 N~: 7


Remarks

Seventh night of the meteor camp and the last one :-(

Conditions were sometimes a bit difficult when cirrus clouds moved in the central part of the Provence. I hold a break after 00.20UT when a denser part of cirrus clouds moved into my field of view. There was no wind and humidity was quite high. The highlight was a minus 6 sporadic fireball. 



Kind regards

Michel.