(meteorobs) Obs: 25/26 August 2007

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

26 August 2007 04:00 - 07:00 UT (CDST 25/26 Aug 11:00pm - 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; black umbrella to block Moon light.

I went out for a while to see if there were any Kappa Cygnids in the bright Moon
light.
  
04:00-05:00; 65 deg F; calm; clear with gibbous Moon in South; average limiting
magnitude ~5.0; facing NNW 45 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:11  +3     Spor
04:20  +1     KCG
04:20  +1     Spor   orange
04:46  +2     KCG
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: two: +1, +2
Sporadics: two: +1, +3
Total meteors: four

05:00-06:00; 62 deg F; calm; clear with gibbous Moon; average limiting mag.
~5.0; facing NNW 45 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:09  +2     KCG
05:14  +3     Spor
05:17  +3     Spor
05:26   0     KCG
05:40  +4     Spor
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: two: 0, +2
Sporadics: +3(2), +4
Total meteors: five

06:00-07:00; 60 deg F; calm; clear with gibbous Moon; average limiting mag.
~4.9; facing North 45 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:11  +2     Spor
06:15  -1     KCG    orange
06:30  +3     KCG
06:35  +3     Spor
06:40  +1     KCG
06:44  +2     Spor
06:48  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: three: -1, +1, +3
Sporadics: four: +2(2), +3(2)
Total meteors: seven

Midway thru my planned half hour break I noticed clouds moving in, so I went home.