(meteorobs) Observation May 26/27 2006

[Pierre Martin]

Hello,

Catching up on my observing reports...

Here's my meteor session for late May while I was out under the dark  
skies of the Frozen Banana Star Party.  I was trying to see if any  
activity from SW3 would be detectable.  I did not see any.

The highlight of this session was a nice mag 0 antihelion that  
crossed a long path into Serpens.

Clear skies,

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario



DATE: May 26/27 2006
BEGIN: 0640 UT (0240 EDT)  END: 0745 UT (0345 EDT)
OBSERVER: Pierre Martin (MARPI)
LOCATION: Long: -79.368 West; Lat: 46.081 North  Elevation: 300 ft
City & Province: Powassan, Ontario, CANADA
RECORDING METHOD: talking clock/tape recorder, plotting & cord align
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:________________________________________radiant  
position
             THE (Tau Herculids)_________________________15:16 +34
	    ANT (Antihelion)____________________________17:16 -23
             SPO (sporadics)
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen;  / = shower not observed

PERIOD(UT)_FIELD____Teff__LM_____SPO_ANT_THE

0640-0745__1538+31__1.07__6.60____8___2___0  =  10

The first column (Period UT) refers to observing periods broken down  
as close as possible to one hour of true observing, in Universal  
Time. The second column (Field) is the area in in the sky where I  
centered my field of view. The third column (TEFF) represents  
effective observing time (corrected for breaks or any time I did not  
spent looking at the sky).  The next column (LM) is the average naked  
eye limiting magnitude, determined by triangle star counts. All  
following columns indicate the number of meteors for each shower  
observed.
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER
_______0__+1__+2__+3__+4__+5______AVE

SPO____0___1___1___2___2___2_____+3.38
ANT____1___0___0___0___1___0_____+2.00

Note: Magnitude scale is to determine the brightness of sky objects.  
Magnitude -8 is comparable to a quarter moon, magnitude -4 with the  
planet Venus, magnitude -1 with the brightest star Sirius, magnitude  
+2 to +3 with most average naked eye stars and magnitude +6 to +7 are  
the faintest stars the naked eye can see under typical dark    
conditions. A meteor of at least magnitude -3 is considered a  
fireball. The above table contains the magnitudes from all observed  
meteors, and the average (last column) for showers.
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SKY OBSCURED (FOV): None

F = 1.00

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Dead time: 1 min (plots)

Breaks (UT): None