(meteorobs) 8/11-12 observations etc

[KCStarguy at aol.com]

>  Friday night/morning  was great and Saturday night and morning was even 
> better. (see my account of Sat night./ sunday morning below).
> 
> Perseid meteor shower Sunday tonight and to morning (dawn) started at 10pm. 
> Meteors will be from all over but Perseids stream from the constellation 
> Perseus in the NE. Good luck tonight.
> 
> 
> Eric Flescher's account
> 
> Observation/ Where: Louisbourg Observatory (20 minutes south of Kansas City)
> 
> Sky condition: to magnitude 6 (less hazy then last night)

> Time: 9:51pm - 2:45 am
> Meteors seen=24: (I was also plotting each meteor's information as I have 
> done for years which means I missed a few here and there while doing that)
> 
> The meteors were seen in all parts of the sky
Many people from the 4 presentations afterwards noticed some of the meteors 
starting as soon as 9:30 pm
Sat night/ morning  like Friday night/ morning had a good display or brighter 
meteors far better then the last 5 years of my recent observations.

Colors: 11 (white), 10 (yellow), 1 (white -blue), 1 (white -yellow)
Sporadics: 13 (1  possible Kappa Cygnid -see more below)
Perseids: 11 '
Magnitude: -2 (1), 0 (4), 1 (5) , 2 (7) , 3 (5), 4 (2) -
Lengths of meteors: 0-5 degrees (7), 6-10 (6), 11-15 (3), 16-20 (7) , 21-30 
(1)
Number of meteors with train/trails: 2 (.75 second trains)
Average duration per second: 0.5 per second
Best of night :
Bright yellow fireball (not a Perseid but most likely a Kappa Cygnid) at 
12:26 am , going 20 degrees and ending with a terminal mini blast explosion (mini 
bolide?)

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