(meteorobs) Obs: 23/23 September 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

23 September 2006 04:00 - 07:00 (CDST 22/23 Sep 2006 11:00pm - 2:00am)

Paul Martsching
Iowa Star Party in NW Guthrie County, Iowa
Long: 94 deg 38 min W   Lat:  41 deg 48 min N  Elevation: 1,280 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock

04:00-05:00; ~58 deg F: wind SW 5 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.2;
facing East 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (19 jets!!)
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:27  +3     Spor
04:36   0     Spor   yellow
04:50  +2     Spor
04:53  +2     Spor
Antihelion: none
Delta Aurigid: none
Sporadic: 0, +2(2), +3
Total meteors: four

05:00-06:00; ~55 deg F; wind SW 5 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 6.2;
facing East 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (10 jets/airplanes)
Time   mag.  type   comment
05:16   0    DAU    yellow; 1 second train
05:30  +2    Spor   1 second train
05:36  +1    Spor   
05:42   0    ANT
05:46  +4    Spor
05:54  +2    Spor
Antihelion: 0
Delta Aurigid: 0
Sporadic: +1, +2(2), +4
Total meteors: six

06:00-07:00; ~52 deg F; wind SW 5 mph; "mostly clear"; some very thin clouds
moving in last 15 minutes; average limiting magnitude 6.0; facing East 45
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour (7 jets)
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:03  -1     DAU    brief train
06:03  +1     DAU
06:09  +1     Spor
06:30   0     Spor
06:40  +1     Spor
06:45  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Delta Aurigid: -1, +1
Sporadic: 0, +1(2), +3
Total meteors: six