(meteorobs) Observation August 13/14, 2006 from Slovenia

[Javor Kac]

After 14 days of clouds and rain it finally cleared yesterday. I 
started as soon as it got dark at 9:42 PM local time. The sky was 
quite transparent, enabling stars of 6th magnitude to be visible even 
with the Moon high up. The only problem were the clouds that were 
present at all times and occationally covered most of my FOV 
(therefor some breaks were needed). After 0:30 local time the only 
clod-free direction was to the south but there was too much 
moonlight to watch there. After half hour and no improvement I 
decided to quit.
I observed for 2.5 hours Teff. I faced south-east for the first hour 
until the Moon rose above trees. I then turned north-west and used 
the umbrella to cover the Moon. I saw 41 meteors in total with 27 
Perseids. No fireballs were seen. Still, the Perseids were quite 
bright with many meteors of magnitude zero or brighter.
It was great to be under the stars again!

Clear skies!
Javor

The Summary:
Date: August 13/14, 2006
Begin: 19h 42m UT
End: 22h 39m UT
Location: l= 15o 31' 14" E, fi= 46o 23' 30" N, h= 305m
Place: Kostanjevec, Slovenia (23108)
Observer : Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT) Teff   F   Lm  PER KCG NDA SDA CAP NIA SIA Spor
19:42-20:50 1.10 1.10 6.26  11   0   0   0   0   1   0   3
21:06-21:34 0.47 1.07 6.12   6   0   1   0   0   0   0   1
21:39-22:39 1.00 1.11 6.09  10   1   1   1   1   0   0   4
FOV1: 310+35
FOV2: 270+60
FOV3: 285+60

Magnitude distributions:
PER: -2(1) -1(2) 0(5) +1(5) +2(4) +3(6) +4(3) +5(1)
KCG: +1(1)
NDA: +3(1) +4(1)
SDA: +2(1)
CAP: +3(1)
NIA: +3(1)
Spor: +1(1) +2(2) +3(4) +4(1)

Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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