(meteorobs) Obs: 23 November 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

23 November 2006 05:00-10:00 UT (CST 22/23 Nov 2006 11:00pm - 04:00am)

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

05:00-06:00; 42 degrees F; wind S 5 mph; mostly clear; a fair amount of hazy
cirrus; average limiting magnitude 5.5; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:24  +4     Spor
05:36  +3     Spor
Alpha Monocerotid: none
Leonid: none
Taurid: none
Sporadic: +3, +4
Total Meteors: two

06:00-07:00: 40 degrees F; wind S 5 mph; mostly clear; some hazy cirrus; average
limiting magnitude 5.7; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment 
06:09  +2     Spor
06:17  +2     LEO    orange; brief train
06:42  +3     Spor
06:55  +2     Spor
Alpha Monocerotid: none
Leonid: +2
Taurid: none
Sporadic: +2(2), +3
Total meteors: four

07:00-08:00; 37 degrees F; wind S 5 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.9;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
07:00  +3     Spor
07:11  +3     Spor
07:13  +1     Spor
07:31  -3     NTA
07:36  -1     Spor   brief train
07:37  +1     NTA
07:47  +3     Spor
07:49  +5     AMO
07:58  +3     NTA
Alpha Monocerotid: +5 
Leonid: none
North Taurid: -3, +1, +3
Sporadic: -1, +1, +3(3)
Total meteors: nine

Break 08:00-08:30

08:30-10:00; 34-30 deg F; Wind South 3 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
5.9; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.5 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
08:33  +3     Spor
08:44  +2     Spor
08:50  +4     Spor
08:56  +3     Spor
09:05  +3     Spor
09:07  +4     STA
09:14  +2     Spor
09:15  +4     Spor
09:15  -2     Spor   yellow; brief train
09:26  -1     STA    yellow
09:27  +3     Spor
09:37  -2     Spor   orange; 1 second train
09:40  +3     AMO    brief train
09:46  +1     Spor
09:46  +1     Spor   yellow
09:52   0     Spor
Alpha Monocerotid: +3
Leonid: none
South Taurid: -1, +4
Sporadic: -2(2), 0, +1(2), +2(2), +3(4), +4(2)
Total meteors: sixteen