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[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

17 August 2007 03:30-06:30 UT (CDST 16/17 Aug 10:30pm - 1:30am)

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

03:30-04:30; 72 degrees F; calm; rather hazy, especially in SW - also fog in SW;
average limiting magnitude 5.5; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
03:43  +2     PER
03:47  +3     Spor
03:51  +3     Spor
03:57  -5     KCG    orange then white
04:12  -2     KCG
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: -5, -2
Perseids: +2
Sporadics: +3(2)
Total meteors: five

04:30-05:30; 69 deg F; calm; hazy, especially in SW; average limiting magnitude
5.5; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
04:31  +2    Spor
04:43  +2    PER
04:49  -1    KCG    yellow
04:52  +3    Spor
05:07   0    PER    1.5 second train
05:13   0    KCG
05:13  -1    KCG    orange
05:17  +4    Spor
05:20  +2    Spor
05:22  +3    PER
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: -1(2), 0
Perseids: 0, +2, +3
Sporadics: +2(2), +3, +4
Total meteors: ten

05:30-06:30; 66 deg F; calm; hazy; patchy fog moving in last 10 minutes; average
limiting magnitude 5.3; facing ENE 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:31  -1     PER    yellow; 1.5 second train
05:38  +3     Spor
05:44   0     KCG    orange
05:48  +4     Spor
05:49  -4     KCG    yellow
05:56  +4     Spor
06:04  +4     PER
06:13  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: -4, 0
Perseids: -1, +4
Sporadics: +3(2) +4(2)
Total meteors: eight 

06:30: Quit.  More fog moving in from cornfields.