(meteorobs) Obs: 19/20 May 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

20 May 2006 03:30 - 07:00 (CDST 19/20 May 2006 10:30pm - 2:00am)

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; paper, pencil & talking clock

Antihelion 
Sporadics

03:30 - 05:00; 62 deg F; wind N 8 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.5 hour (10 jets/planes)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:00  +3     Spor
04:42  +1     Spor
Antihelion: none
Sporadics: +1, +3
Total meteors: 2

Break 05:00-06:00 waiting for most of the clouds to move thru (N>S)

06:00-07:00; 57 deg F; wind N 10 mph; mostly clear; average limiting magnitude
5.8; average cloud cover 10%; facing SE 50 degrees (fewer clouds this
direction); Total teff 1.0 hour (2 jets/planes)
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:10   0     ANT    orange
06:16  +3     Spor
06:25  +2     Spor
06:38  +3     Spor
Antihelion: 0
Sporadics: +2, +3(2)
Total meteors: 4

(Nearly solid overcast by the time the Moon came up ~07:30 (~2:30 am CDST)

Magnitude distribution:
Antihelion: 0
Sporadics: +1, +2, +3(3)