(meteorobs) Obs: 21/22 Aug 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

22 August 2006 03:30-05:30 (CDST 21/22 August 2006 10:30pm - 12:30am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park Observatory 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W   Lat: 42 deg 05 min W   Elevation: 318 meters
Method: Visual; paper, pencil & talking clock

03:30-04:30; 65 deg F; calm (for a few minutes 04:15> wind SW 5 mph); cirrus;
average limiting magnitude 5.7; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (11
jets/planes; 2 satellites)
Time   mag.  type   comment
03:35   0    Spor
04:02  +1    ANT    orange
04:11   0    Spor   1 sec. train
04:15  +3    Spor
Antihelion: +1
Kappa Cygnid: none
Perseid: none
Sporadic: 0(2), +3
Total meteors: four

04:30-05:30; 63 deg F; calm; less cirrus; average limiting magnitude 5.9; facing
East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (5 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:44  +3     Spor
04:56  +2     Spor
05:06  +3     Spor
05:19  +2     PER    0.5 sec. train
05:29  +1     ANT    yellow
Antihelion: +1
Kappa Cygnid: none
Perseid: +2
Sporadic: +2, +3(2)
Total meteors: five