(meteorobs) Observations April 22/23 from Oregon

[Wes Stone]

Sunday was very wet, with a mix of precipitation types. Freezing fog was 
forecast for Monday morning. There was already some fog present when I woke 
up just before moonset. Except for a couple of brief incursions, the fog 
stayed around the horizons, and I was able to get in 2 hours of Teff. 
Sometimes skies were impressive, with limiting magnitude reaching 7.0 for 
two star area counts. Meteor activity started off on the slow side, but 
picked up enough that I saw 15 meteors (6 Lyrids) in my first hour. The 
second hour was quite active with 26 total meteors (9 Lyrids). The brightest 
meteor was a -1 Lyrid.

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2007 April 23

Interval 1 (0837-0941 UT)
Teff: 1.00 (watch suspended from 0849-0853 due to fog)
F: 1.00
LM: 6.7
ANT: 1
LYR: 6
Spo: 8


Interval 2 (0941-1048 UT)
Teff: 1.00 (6 minutes dead time due to fog; 1 minute dead time for 
recording)
F: 1.00
LM: 6.8
ANT: 2
LYR: 9
Spo: 15


Totals (0837-1048 UT)
Teff: 2.00
F: 1.00
LM: 6.8
ANT: 3
LYR: 15
Spo: 23
Total meteors: 41

Magnitude Distributions
ANT: +2(1), +3(1), +5(1)
LYR: -1(1), 0(1), +1(3), +2(4), +3(2), +4(3), +5(1)
Spo: 0(2), +1(2), +2(6), +3(9), +4(3), +5(1)

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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
http://skytour.homestead.com