(meteorobs) Observations August 13 from Oregon

[Wes Stone]

After pulling an all-nighter on August 11/12, I didn't feel up to the same 
tonight. I did a casual watch at the end of twilight and saw quite a few 
relatively long and faint Perseids, but decided to focus my attention on the 
predawn hours. I ended up counting for 2 hours between 0926 and 1130 UT. I 
saw 214 total meteors including 153 Perseids. Skies were awesome, so there 
were a lot of faint meteors. As others have noted, the Kappa Cygnids were 
quite active with 6 meteors. My brightest meteor was a -3 Perseid.

This was the first time I've gotten a good view of this Perseid peak timing 
(1995-Moon, 1999-clouds, 2003-Moon again). While the predawn hours of August 
12 should be even better for my location next year, the fact is that this 
year I was able to break 100 meteors/hour on two consecutive mornings. I 
don't think I've done that before; obviously, excellent sky conditions (no 
nearby forest fires this year!) played a big part. It would be nice to get 
this kind of sky during the Geminids once in a while...

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2007 August 13

Interval 1: 0926-0947 UT
Teff: 0.335 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 7.0
Total Meteors: 38
ANT: 1
PER: 28
Spo: 9

Interval 1 Magnitude Distributions
ANT: +4(1)
PER: -3(1), -1(2), 0(3), +1(4), +2(6), +3(9), +4(1), +5(2)
Spo: +2(2), +3(3), +4(4)
---
Interval 2: 0947-1010 UT
Teff: 0.370 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.9
Total Meteors: 41
KCG: 1
CAP: 1
ANT: 1
SDA: 1
PER: 29
Spo: 8

Interval 2 Magnitude Distributions
KCG: 0(1)
CAP: +4(1)
ANT: +3(1)
SDA: +3(1)
PER: -1(1), 0(2), +1(3), +2(5), +3(7), +4(9), +5(2)
Spo: 0(1), +2(1), +3(3), +4(3)
---
Interval 3: 1010-1032 UT
Teff: 0.352 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.8
Total Meteors: 37
KCG: 3
PER: 27
Spo: 7

Interval 3 Magnitude Distributions
KCG: +1(1), +3(1), +4(1)
PER: 0(2), +1(5), +2(7), +3(9), +4(4)
Spo: +3(5), +4(2)
---
Interval 4: 1032-1052 UT
Teff: 0.322 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.9
Total Meteors: 37
KCG: 1
CAP: 2
SDA: 2
PER: 27
Spo: 5

Interval 4 Magnitude Distributions
KCG: 0(1)
CAP: +1(1), +3(1)
SDA: +3(2)
PER: 0(2), +1(4), +2(7), +3(11), +4(3)
Spo: -2(1), 0(1), +2(2), +3(1)
---
Interval 5: 1052-1110 UT
Teff: 0.286 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.9
Total Meteors: 31
ANT: 1
PER: 20
Spo: 10

Interval 5 Magnitude Distributions
ANT: +4(1)
PER: 0(3), +1(3), +2(5), +3(5), +4(3), +5(1)
Spo: +2(2), +3(4), +4(2), +5(2)
---
Interval 6: 1110-1130 UT
Teff: 0.321 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.9
Total Meteors: 30
KCG: 1
ANT: 1
PER: 22
Spo: 6

Interval 6 Magnitude Distributions
KCG: +3(1)
ANT: +3(1)
SDA: +2(1), +3(2)
PER: -1(1), 0(4), +1(4), +2(4), +3(6), +4(3)
Spo: 0(1), +1(2), +2(1), +3(1), +4(1)

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