(meteorobs) Obs: 22/23 December 2006

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Sat Dec 23 10:45:17 EST 2006


23 December 2006 08:55-12:00 UT (CST 22/23 Dec 2006 02:55-06:00am)

It was overcast here the night of Dec 21/22.  The night of Dec 22/23 holes began
appearing in the overcast ~2:15 am CST and by the time I got set up to observe
the northern half of the sky was clear.  But it was too long past the Ursid max
to see much.

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 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

08:55-09:55; 28 degrees F; wind West 10-15 mph; clear; average limiting
magnitude 5.8; facing North 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
08:56  +4     URS
08:58  +3     Spor
09:12  +4     Spor
09:26  +1     ANT
09:46  +4     Spor
09:52  +5     COM
09:54  +3     Spor
Antihelion/Chi Orionid: +1
Coma Berenicid: +5
Ursid: +4
Sporadic: +3(2), +4(2)
Total meteors: seven

09:55-10:55; 31 degrees F; wind West 10-12 mph; clear; average limiting
magnitude 5.8; facing North 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
10:17  +1     URS
10:37  +3     COM
10:45  +3     Spor
10:52  +1     ANT
Antihelion/Chi Orionid: +1
Coma Berenicid: +3
Ursid: +1
Sporadic: +3
Total meteors: four

11:00-12:00; 28 degrees F; wind West 10 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
5.8; facing North 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
11:07  +3     Spor
11:15  +5     Spor
11:36  +2     Spor
11:44  +1     COM    yellow; brief train
11:54   0     Spor   brief train
11:58  +4     Spor
Antihelion/Chi Orionid: none
Coma Berenicid: +1
Ursid: none
Sporadic: 0, +2, +3, +4, +5
Total meteors: six








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