(meteorobs) Observations July 26/27 from Oregon

[Wesley Stone]

I went out for a bit over an hour this morning, mainly to shake the rust off and to hedge my bets against the possibility of clouds this weekend.

Skies were not up to par, mainly because a large railroad crew was working all night on a nearby crossing and employing lots of bright lights. Combined with a little smoke and lots of moisture in the air, the skyglow was like a gibbous Moon stuck on the eastern horizon.

The session started out really slow, but picked up a bit. Brightest meteors were a nice short -1 SDA and a blazingly fast and long South Apex sporadic.

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2006 July 26/27

Interval UT   Teff    F     LM   CAP  ANT  NDA  SDA  PER  Spo  
0955-1106     1.17   1.00   6.5   0    2    0    6    2    11

Magnitude Distributions
ANT: +3(0.5), +4(1.5)
SDA: -1(1), +2(0.5), +3(2.5), +4(2)
PER: +1(2)
Spo: 0(1), +1(0.5), +2(4), +3(4.5), +5(1)

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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
http://skytour.homestead.com


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