(meteorobs) HALWA from NJ Aug 13-14

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Well, although I lost the peak night to a mesoscale convective system
(Perseid's Law), I did get the night before and the night after, so can't
complain too much.
And maybe more tonight.

Here is a summary of observations the UT morning of the 14th of August

observer	 "Wayne T " "Hally" "HALWA"

location	 74 53 54 W, 40 40 52 N

site    	 "NJAA Observatory" "USA" "25186"

Interval 0257-0857 UT
Teff 6.00 Hours
F=1.00 Throughout

0257-0557 (3.00 Teff) 26 PER (8.7/Hr) Avg Mag +1.13 LM +6.00 declining to
+5.70
0557-0657 (1.00 Teff) 24 Per (24/Hr) Avg Mag +2.38 LM +5.67
0657-0857 (2.00 Teff) 28 PER (14/Hr) Avg Mag +1.25 LM +5.70

Total 78 PER
--------------
20 had trains > 1 second
14 Brighet than Mag 0
Longest train was 15 seconds from Mag -4 @ 0517
-5 @ 0712 had 3 second train

Other showers
KCG 6 (Avg Mag -0.7)

Pretty active. One of these was the best meteor of the night, a
long slow -2 with a -6 Terminal burst in Delphinus.
Burst Azimuth 264 elevation 30.
Should have been visible across Southern PA, Northern Md, possibly WV and
Ohio?

2 ANT
1 CAP
1 SDA

33 SPO
0257-0557 19 Avg Mag +3.03
0557-0857 14 Avg Mag +2.75
Last half hour had only 4 PER, but 6 SPO's!
That's a lot for here.

Full reports on the IMO online page

here:
http://umdb.urania.be/v2/obsview/view.php?id=1912
and here:
http://umdb.urania.be/v2/obsview/view.php?id=1915

I had to split it into 2 reports due to comcrap crashing wtice after
entering all the data.
Grrrrrrr.

Wayne