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Bias, Peter V pbias at flsouthern.edu
Fri Aug 17 15:25:21 EDT 2007


Thanks, Paul. 
Wow, those KCGs are still at it! Have had unfavorable weather here in Lakeland Florida over the past few nights (3 inches of rain last night!), but I still hold out hope that I'll get another glimpse of this year's KCGs. They might be the surprise of the year.
 
Pete Bias

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	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.
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