(meteorobs) Obs: 10/11 Aug 2007 corrected UT

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Thu Aug 16 21:10:50 EDT 2007


Corrected UT (time in previous posting 1 hour off):

11 August 2007 05:00-07:00 UT (CDST 10/11 August midnight - 2:00am)

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 & talking clock

05:00-06:00; 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
05:02  -1    Spor   yellow
05:25  -1    PER    1 second train
05:28  +4    Spor
05:38  +3    Spor
05:40   0    ANT
05:49  +4    SDA
05:51  +1    PER    yellow; 0.5 second train
05:51  +3    Spor
05:52  +3    PER
05:58  +1    PER    yellow; 0.5 second train
Antihelion: one: 0
Perseids: four: -1, +1(2), +3
South Delta Aquarid: one: +4
Upsilon Pegasid: none
Sporadics: four: -1, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: ten

06:00-07:00; 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
06:12  +2     ANT    yellow
06:12  -1     PER    yellow; 2 second train
06:15  +1     PER    orange
06:17  +1     PER    1 second train
06:19  +2     PER    1 second train
06:22  +2     PER
06:23  +3     Spor
06:28  +3     PER
06:29  +1     PER    brief train
06:30  +1     PER    yellow; brief train
06:34   0     PER    1 second train
06:35  +1     Spor
06:37  +3     PER
06:37  +2     Spor
06:38  +3     Spor
06:42  +3     PER
06:47   0     PER    yellow; 1 second train
06:50  -1     Spor   N Apex; yellow; 1 second train
06:59  +4     Spor
Antihelion: one: +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 07:00 (02:00 am CDST)



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