(meteorobs) Observation August 18/19, 2006 from Slovenia

[Javor Kac]

Hi All,

on August 18 I observed for three hours from Rezman Observatory 
at the foothills of the Alps. In total I saw 44 meteors.
The Perseids were much less active than expected with a single 
meteor. I spotted another two Perseids during my breaks. The 
Kappa Cygnids were quite strong with five members. The real 
surprise were the Southern Delta Aquarids with 4 meteors which I 
considered quite high given the fact they were three weeks past 
maximum. The SDAs even produced two grazing meteors. The first 
was a magnitude 5 meteor that was 20 degrees long and the other 
was a 40-degree long 3rd magnitude meteor.
The brightest meteor was a magnitude zero sporadic meteor in 
Cassiopeia/Andromeda with a 4-second train. It was also imaged 
by the allsky camera at Observatory.

Clear skies!
Javor

The Summary:
Date: August 18/19, 2006
Begin: 20h 14m UT
End: 00h 00m UT
Location: l= 14o 35' 26" E, fi= 46o 14' 20 N, h= 441m
Place: Rezman Observatory, Slovenia (23129)
Observer : Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT) Teff   F   Lm  PER KCG NDA SDA NIA Spor
20:14-21:16 1.03 1.00 6.52   0   2   1   0   0   8
21:33-22:35 1.03 1.00 6.43   1   2   0   2   1  12
22:58-00:00 1.03 1.00 6.16   0   1   0   2   0  12
FOV1: 255+40
FOV2: 270+40
FOV3: 285+40

Magnitude distributions:
PER: +4(1)
KCG: +1(1) +2(2) +3(0) +4(1) +5(1)
NDA: +4(1)
SDA: +1(1) +2(0) +3(1) +4(1) +5(1)
NIA: +4(1)
Spor: 0(1) +1(2) +2(4) +3(10) +4(10) +5(5)

Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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