(meteorobs) Obs: 27/28 June 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

28 June 2006 04:00 - 06:00 (CDST 27/28 June 2006 11:00pm - 1:00am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park Observatory 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W   Lat: 42 deg 05 min N   Elevation: 318 meters
Method: Visual; pencil, paper & talking clock

June Bootids: none seen
Antihelion
Sporadics

04:00-05:00; 67 deg; wind calm; clear with haze along the horizon - smoke from
forest fires in Canada; average limiting magnitude 5.8; facing East 50 degrees;
Total teff 1.0 hour (4 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:22  -1     ANT    yellow
04:31  -1     Spor   orange
04:37  +5     Spor
Antihelion: -1
Sporadics: -1, +5
Total meteors: three

05:00-06:00; 64 deg; wind calm; clear with haze along horizon; average limiting
magnitude 5.9; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (6 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:06  +3     Spor
05:24  +2     Spor
05:33  +4     ANT
05:35  +3     Spor
Antihelion: +4
Sporadics: +2, +3(2)
Total meteors: four

Magnitude distribution:
Antihelion: -1, +4
Sporadics: -1, +2, +3(2), +5
Total meteors: seven