(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 1/22/06, WVa

[George Gliba]

                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                             January 21/22, 2006

  We had a few hours of fairly good transparency before some haze moved in 
and the half-moon rose. I got some good views of the sky with our 15x70 
binoculars before getting in two hours of meteor observing. The temperature 
was 18 deg.F. with a windchill of around -2 deg. F. It was windy and cold, 
but not bitterly so, if one was dressed warmly. I saw good activity from the 
Delta Cancrids. The best meteor seen was a -2 magnitude yellow DCA at 4:55 UT. 
Below is a short breakdown of the meteor activity observed.


  Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. DCA   AHY   SPO   Total   FOV      Comments
03:04-04:04  6.4   0%    5     1    10     16   8.0 +35   slight haze
04:04-05:04  6.2  10%    4     1     7     12   9.0 +28    more haze


Magnitude Distribution (03:04-05:04 UT)

    -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
DCA  1   0   0   0   0   3   4   1    9    3.1
AHY  0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0    2    4.0
SPO  0   0   0   0   1   4   8   4   17    3,1

Clear Skies.
GWG