(meteorobs) Obs: 10/11 August 2007

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

11 August 2007 06:00-08:00 UT (CST 10/11 Aug midnight - 2 am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 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 and talking clock

06:00-07:00; 80 deg F; wind SE 5 mph; clear - with usual summertime horizon
haze; average limiting magnitude 6.0; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
06:02  -1    Spor   yellow
06:25  -1    PER    1 second train
06:28  +4    Spor
06:38  +3    Spor
06:40   0    ANT
06:49  +4    SDA
06:51  +1    PER    yellow; 0.5 second train
06:51  +3    Spor
06:52  +3    PER
06:58  +1    PER    yellow; 0.5 second train
Antihelion: 0
Perseids: four: -1, +1(2), +3
South Delta Aquarid: +4
Upsilon Pegasids: none
Sporadics: four: -1, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: ten 

07:00-08:00; 76 deg F; wind SE 5 mph; "clear"; average limiting magnitude 6.0;
facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
07:12  +2     ANT    yellow
07:12  -1     PER    yellow; 2 second train
07:15  +1     PER    orange
07:17  +1     PER    1 second train
07:19  +2     PER    1 second train
07:22  +2     PER
07:23  +3     Spor
07:28  +3     PER
07:29  +1     PER    brief train
07:30  +1     PER    yellow; brief train
07:34   0     PER    1 second train
07:35  +1     Spor
07:37  +3     PER
07:37  +2     Spor
07:38  +3     Spor
07:42  +3     PER
07:47   0     PER    yellow; 1 second train
07:50  -1     Spor   N Apex; yellow; 1 second train
07:59  +4     Spor
Antihelion: +2
Perseids: twelve: -1, 0(2), +1(4), +2(2), +3(3)
South Delta Aquarids: none
Upsilon Pegasids: none
Sporadics: six: -1, +1, +2, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: nineteen 

Rapidly becoming cloudy after 08:00 UT (2 am CST)