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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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