(meteorobs) Obs: 12/13 December 2006
pmartsching at mchsi.com
pmartsching at mchsi.com
Wed Dec 13 11:48:23 EST 2006
13 December 2006 04:45-08:15 UT (CST 12/13 Dec 2006 10:45pm-2:15am)
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: 1,040 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock
04:45-05:45; 32 degrees F; wind W 5 mph; more or less clear - lingering "haze"
from overcast that was moving out; average limiting magnitude 5.5; facing East
50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
04:57 +1 GEM
05:03 +4 GEM
05:06 -2 GEM
05:06 0 GEM greenish
05:07 +2 ANT
05:11 +3 GEM
05:13 +4 Spor
05:17 +4 Spor
05:30 +1 GEM
05:31 +3 MON
05:33 +1 Spor
05:38 -1 GEM
Antihelion: +2
Geminid: -2, -1, 0, +1(2), +3, +4
Monocerotid: +3
Sporadic: +1, +4(2)
Total meteors: twelve
05:15-06:15; 31 deg F; wind W 5 mph; "clear" - some haze; average limiting
magnitude 5.6; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
05:48 +4 GEM
06:00 +1 GEM yellow
06:00 +3 Spor
06:01 +1 GEM
06:04 -1 GEM blue-white
06:09 +2 GEM
06:20 +4 Spor
06:21 +1 Spor
06:25 +1 GEM orange
06:30 +1 GEM
06:23 0 GEM orange
06:37 0 GEM yellow
06:37 +1 Spor
06:39 +2 GEM
06:39 +3 GEM
06:43 -1 COM 1 second train
06:44 -3 GEM orange
Antihelion: none
Coma Berenicid: -1
Geminid: -3, -1, 0(2), +1(4), +2(2), +3, +4
Monocerotid: none
Sigma Hydrid: none
Sporadic: +1(2), +3, +4
Total meteors: seventeen
Break 06:45-07:00; Moon rise ~06:45
07:00-08:15; 30 degrees F; wind West 2 mph; "clear" - some fog forming toward
end of period; average limiting magnitude 5.4; facing NNW 45 degrees; Total teff
1.25 hour
Time mag. type comment
07:02 +2 GEM
07:03 +2 GEM
07:06 -2 GEM yellow
07:09 +3 GEM
07:11 0 GEM orange
07:11 +3 GEM
07:14 +3 GEM
07:17 +4 GEM
07:18 +3 GEM
07:26 +4 GEM
07:27 +1 GEM orange
07:28 +1 GEM yellow
07:32 -3 GEM yellow
07:34 -1 GEM orange
07:36 +1 GEM
07:38 +2 GEM
07:40 +3 COM
07:41 +1 GEM yellow
07:46 +3 GEM
07:50 +2 GEM
07:50 +4 Spor
07:51 0 GEM
07:52 +2 GEM
07:57 +1 GEM
07:58 +3 GEM
08:01 -3 GEM yellow
08:01 +3 Spor
08:06 +3 GEM
08:07 +1 GEM
08:08 +3 GEM
08:14 +3 Spor
Anthihelion: none
Coma Berenicid: +3
Geminid: -3(2), -2, -1, 0(2), +1(6), +2(5), +3(8), +4(2)
Monocerodtid: none
Sigma Hydrid: none
Sporadic: +3(2), +1
Total meteors: thirty-one
Quit at 08:15 because Moon light brightening the increasing fog.
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