(meteorobs) Obs: 18/19 December 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

19 December 2006 08:00-10:00 UT (CST 18/19 Dec 2006 02:00-04:00am)

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: 1,040 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock

08:00-09:00; 23 degrees F; wind light and variable; clear; average limiting
magnitude 5.7; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
08:09  +3     Spor
08:20  +4     COM
08:25  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Coma Berenicid: +4
Sigma Hydrid: none
Sporadic: +3(2)
Total meteors: three

09:00-10:00; 20 degrees F; wind light and variable; clear; average limiting
magnitude 5.8; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
09:21  +2    Spor   brief train
09:32  +3    COM
09:36  +3    HYD
09:42  +2    Spor
09:43  +1    Spor   yellow
09:49  -2    Spor   orange
Antihelion: none
Coma Berenicid: +3
Sigma Hydrid: +3
Sporadic: -2, +1, +2(2)
Total meteors: six
While packing up to leave saw a +1, yellow Coma Berenicid.  A rather poor two
hours, yet I was seeing even faint jets very quickly as they entered my field of
view.