(meteorobs) Obs: 15/16 Aug 2006

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Wed Aug 16 21:28:40 EDT 2006


16 August 2006 03:00-05:00 (CDST 15/16 Aug 2006 10:00pm - 12:00am)

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

The following two hours of observations were not very productive and conditions
the first hour were not good.  However it does show that no exceptional activity
of medium or bright meteors occurred during that time.

03:00-04:00; 65 deg F; light & variable; a lot of more or less thin generalized
cirrusy haze; average limiting magnitude 5.0; facing (50 deg) East to Southeast
depending or what part of the sky was "clearest" at the time; Total teff 1.0 hour
(16 jets/airplanes; 6 satellites)
Time   mag.   type   comment
03:12  +1     KCG
03:16  +2     Spor
03:22  +3     Spor
03:45  -1     PER   orange; 1 sec. train
03:56  +1     Spor
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: none
South Delta Aquarid: none
Kappa Cygnid: +1
Perseid: -1
Sporadic: +1, +2, +3
Total meteors: five

04:00-05:00; 63 deg F; wind S 3 mph; much less cirrus than previous hour; half
lit Moon rose behind a tree and some cloud; average limiting magnitude 5.7;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (1 jet; 3 satellites)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:05  +2     PER    
04:37  +3     PER
04:42   0     PER    yellow; brief train
04:58   0     PER    brief train
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: none
South Delta Aquarid: none
Kappa Cygnid: none
Perseid: 0(2), +2, +3
Sporadic: none
Total meteors: four






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