(meteorobs) 4/5 Feb Observation
pmartsching at mchsi.com
pmartsching at mchsi.com
Sun Feb 5 11:39:26 EST 2006
05 Feb 2006 07:00 - 09:00 (CST 04/05 Feb 2006 1:00 - 3:00 am)
Paul Martsching
McFarland Park Observatory 4 miles NE of Ames, Story Co, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W Lat: 42 deg 05 min N Elevation: 318 meters
Method: visual; pencil, paper & talking clock
ANT/ECL Antihelion/Eclipticid/Virginid
Spor Sporadic
07:00 - 08:00; 12 degrees F; wind NW 10 mph; no snow; 1/2 lit Moon behind cloud
low in West at 01:00 setting ~01:15; average limiting magnitude 5.9; facing E 50
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
07:13 +3 Spor
07:36 -2 ECL/VIR yellow; brief train
07:44 +2 Spor
07:54 +2 Spor orange; fast
Antihelion: -2
Sporadics: +2(2), +3
Total meteors: 4
08:00 - 09:00; 10 degrees F; wind NW 10 mph; no snow; average limiting magnitude
6.0; facing E 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
08:01 +4 Spor
08:05 +3 Spor
08:09 +2 Spor
08:29 +3 Spor
Antihelion: none
Sporadics: +2, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: 4
I saw no airplanes or jets 07:00 - 08:47!! Nearly always I have one or two
airplanes/jets in my field of view, often three or more. I think all these
airplanes/jets are distracting especially when there are 4 - 7 in my field of
view. Sometimes I wonder if I am missing faint meteors. Air traffic seems to
be very heavy from twilight to around 11:30 pm and then really picks up again
around 3 am. If I see faint jets almost immediately after they enter my field
of view I assume I am alert. If a jet gets a ways inside my field of view
before I notice it, I wonder if I'm alert.
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