(meteorobs) Obs: 28/29 July 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

29 July 2006 03:00 - 09:00 (CDST 28/29 July 2006 10:00pm - 4:00am)

Paul Martsching
SE edge (Plank Rd) of Blackhawk Lake Conservation Area 9 miles NW of Dodgeville,
Iowa County, Wisconsin
Long: 90 deg 16 min W   Lat: 43 deg 01 min N   Elevation: 1,100 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock
 
Antihelion
Carpicornid
Perseid
Piscis Austrinid
North Delta Aquarid
South Delta Aquarid
Sporadic

03:00-04:00; 80 degrees F; wind 5 - 7 mph; "clear"; during the entire night some
more or less thin haze up to ~10 degrees above the horizon; average limiting
magnitude 6.2; thin crescent Moon low in West; facing South 45 degrees; total
teff 1.0 hour (11 jets)
Time   mag.  type   comment
03:06  +1    Spor
03:17  +2    Spor
03:20  +1    Spor   yellow
03:25   0    Spor   yellow
03:26  +2    Spor
03:46  +1    PER    0.5 sec. train
03:53  +1    PER    yellow
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: none
Perseid: +1(2)
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: none
Sporadic: 0, +1(2),+2(2)
Total meteors: seven

04:00-05:00; 78 degrees F; wind 5-7 mph; "clear" + horizon haze as mentioned
above; average limiting magnitude 6.2; facing South 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0
hour (9 jets)
Time   mag.  type   comment
04:20   0    Spor   yellow
04:21  +4    Spor
04:26  -4    PER    3 sec. train
04:33  +2    PER
04:34  +2    CAP
04:57   0    SDA    0.5 sec. train
04:59  +1    SDA 
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: +2
Perseid: -4, +2
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: 0, +1
Sporadics: 0, +4
Total meteors: seven

05:00-06:00; 76 degrees F; wind 5 - 7 mph; clear with horizon haze; average
limiting magnitude 6.2; facing South 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (No
jets/airplanes)
Time   mag.  type   comment
05:05  +1    Spor   yellow
05:10   0    CAP    yellow
05:15  +5    Spor   
05:19  +1    CAP    yellow
05:30  +2    SDA
05:35  +3    Spor
05:55  -1    CAP    yellow
05:56  +3    Spor
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: -1, 0, +1
Perseid: none
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +2
Sporadic: +1, +3(2),+5
Total meteors: eight

06:00-07:00; 74 degrees F; wind 5 mph; clear with horizon haze; average limiting
magnitude 6.1; facing South 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (No jets/planes)
Time   mag.  type   comment
06:02  +4    Spor
06:11  -1    Spor   yellow
06:13  +4    CAP
06:30  +1    Spor   yellow
06:32  +3    SDA
06:33  -5    CAP    
06:35  +3    SDA
06:39  +1    Spor
06:39  +3    Spor
06:42  +4    SDA
06:50   0    Spor
06:52  -1    CAP    yellow
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: -5, -1, +4
Perseid: none
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +3(2), +4
Sporadic: -1, 0, +1(2), +3, +4
Total meteors: twelve

07:00-08:00; 73 degrres F; wind 5 mph; clear with horizon haze; average limitin
gmagnitude 6.1; facing South 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (No jets/planes)
Time   mag.   type   comment
07:04  +1     Spor
07:08  +5     PER
07:09  +5     Spor
07:16  +1     Spor   yellow
07:17  +5     Spor
07:19  +3     Spor
07:23  +2     Spor
07:29  +4     Spor
07:30  -2     CAP    yellow
07:34  -1     ANT    yellow
07:39  +3     Spor
07:43  +5     SDA
07:46  +3     Spor
07:49  +3     CAP
07:56  +3     Spor
07:56  +1     SDA    yellow
Antihelion: -1
Capricornid: -2, +3
Perseid: +5
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +1, +5
Sporadic: +1(2), +2, +3(4), +4, +5(2)
Total meteors: sixteen

08:00-09:00; 72 degrees F; wind 3 mph; "clear" with increasingly dense horizon
haze; average limiting magnitude 6.0; facing SSW 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
(7 jets/planes)
Time   mag.  type   comment
08:01  -1    CAP    yellow
08:05  +3    SDA
08:10  +3    PER
08:19  +4    CAP
08:33  -1    CAP    yellow
08:45  +3    Spor
08:45   0    Spor
08:46  +1    Spor   yellow
08:50  +2    SDA
08:53  +4    Spor
08:53  -2    PER    yellow; 0.5 sec. train
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: -1(2), +4
Perseid: -2, +3
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: +2, +3
Sporadic: 0, +1, +3, +4
Total meteors: eleven