(meteorobs) Obs: 19/20 Sept 2006

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Wed Sep 20 09:55:36 EDT 2006


20 September 2006 04:00-07:00 (CDST 19/20 Sep 2006 11:00pm - 02:00am)

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 & talking clock

04:00-05:00; 45 degrees F; wind calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (7 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:00  +1     SPR    brief train
04:00  +2     Spor
04:56  +3     Spor
04:58  +4     Spor
Antihelion: none
Sept Perseid: +1
Sporadic: +2, +3, +4
Total meteors: four

05:00-06:00; 43 degrees F; wind calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (9 jets)
Time   mag.  type   comment
05:12  +3    Spor
05:29  -2    ANT    yellow
05:33  +3    Spor
05:43  +1    Spor
05:55  +2    Spor
Antihelion: -2
Sept Perseid: none
Sporadic: +1, +2, +3(2)
Total meteors: five

06:00-07:00; 40 degrees F; wind calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.9;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (1 airplane)
Time   mag.  type   comment
06:03  +4    Spor
06:12  +2    Spor
06:39  +3    Spor
06:43  +2    Spor
Antihelion: none
Sept Perseid: none
Sporadic: +2, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: four


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