(meteorobs) Obs: 29/30 July 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

30 July 2006 03:45 - 05:00 & 07:00 - 08:00)
(CDST 29/30 July 2006 10:45pm - 12:00am & 2:00 - 3:00am)

Paul Martsching

North side of Yellowstone Lake State Park in NE Lafayette County, Wisconsin
Fifteen miles SE of Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin
Long: 89 deg 58 min W   Lat: 42 deg 47 min N   Elevation: ~980 feet

03:45-05:00; 82 degrees F; wind calm; "clear"; extremely humid; average limiting
magnitude 6.1; some sky glo from Monroe to SE and from Madison to the East;
facing South 45 degrees; Total teff 1.25 hour (4 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
03:45  -1     CAP    yellow
03:55   0     CAP    yellow
04:02  -1     Spor   yellow
04:20  +3     Spor
04:21  -2     PER    orange; 1 sec. train
04:45  +1     PER    0.5 sec. train
04:49  +1     PER    yellow
04:59  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: -1, 0
Perseid: -2, +1(2)
Piscis Austrinid: none
North Delta Aquarid: none
South Delta Aquarid: none
Sporadic: -1, +3(2)
Total meteors: eight

Conditions worsened and finally moved to the observing site used previous two
nights.

SE edge (Plank Rd) of Blackhawk Lake Conservation Area 9 miles NW of Dodgeville,
Wisconsin.
Long: 90 deg 16 min W   Lat: 43 deg 01 min N   Elevation: 1,100 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock
07:00-08:00; 77 degrees F; wind 5 mph; clear; humid; some horizon haze; average
limiting magnitude 6.1; facing Southwest 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (No
jets/planes)
Time   mag.  type   comment
07:08  +5    Spor
07:11  +2    CAP
07:14  +2    NDA
07:15  -2    CAP    yellow
07:34  +2    PER
07:36  +3    Spor
07:37   0    Spor
07:38  +4    CAP
07:42  -2    PER    1 sec. train
07:45  +1    CAP    yelloe
07:52  +4    CAP
07:59   0    PAU
07:59   0    PER    1 sec. train
Antihelion: none
Capricornid: -2, +1, +2, +4(2)
Perseid: -2, 0, +2
Piscis Austrinid: 0
North Delta Aquarid: +2
South Delta Aquarid: none
Sporadic: 0, +3, +5
Total meteors: thirteen