(meteorobs) Obs: 8/9 Nov 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

09 November 2006 00:20-01:20 UT (CST 08/09 Nov 2006 6:20-7:20pm)

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: 1,040 feet
Method: Visual; pencil, paper and talking clock

00:20-01:20; 65 deg F; wind S 5-10 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.9;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
00:26  +3    Spor
00:36  +1    Spor   yellow
00:50  -3    Spor   orange; 1 second train; Andromeda > Eastern Cetus
01:18  +1    Spor
Sporadics: -3, +1(2), +3
Total meteors: four