(meteorobs) Obs: 28/29 June 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

29 June 2006 04:15 - 05:15 (CDST 28/29 June 2006 11:15pm - 12:15am)

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: none seen
Sporadics

04:15-05:15; 70 deg F; wind North 3 mph; "clear"; limiting magnitude at zenith
not much worse than previous night, but the smokey horizon haze much worse; thin
crescent Moon set ~04:15; average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing East 50
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (7 jets/planes)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:41  +1     Spor   orange; Aquila > nearly to Bowl of Little Dipper
05:03  +4     Spor
Total meteors: two
The 04:41 meteor wasn't nearly as fast as Leonid, Orionid, Perseid, but was too
fast to be Antihelion.

Decided to quit after one hour because of conditions.