(meteorobs) Wayne in NJ 6/21/07 morning

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It was a wonderful night this morning.
Some of the best skies I've evr had here; shocking for June.
Happy Solstice :)

Below is a copy of my IMO report

One Sporadic was an excellent match to the minor shower the Scutids.
So, here are NAMN totals for the 3.053 hours Teff

JLY  3
JBO  1
ANT  2
SCU  1
SPO  9

Avg LM +5.93!!

All meteors were plotted, actual plot times measured from tape.

Most fun meteor was a SPO at 0645 UT. It was fuzzy and yellow. Looked very
much like one of the best KCG's. It was however a SPO, AFAIK


date    	 2007-06-21
interval	 0435-0753
observer	 "Wayne T " "Hally" "HALWA"
location	 74 53 54 W, 40 40 52 N
site    	 "NJAA Observatory" "USA" "25186"

// Shower section
shower	JLY 283 +35
shower	JBO 221 +48
shower	ANT 282 -23
shower	SPO

// Number section
// 	Interval  	RA  	Dec 	Teff 	F       Lm  	   JLY 	   JBO 	   ANT 	   SPO
period	0435-0542 	248 	+21 	1.003 	1.00    5.95	 P   1 	 P   1 	 P   1 	 P
  3
period	0542-0648 	264 	+13 	1.027 	1.00 	5.93	 P   1 	 P   0 	 P   1 	 P   4
period	0648-0753 	293 	+28 	1.023 	1.00 	5.91	 P   1 	 P   0 	 P   0 	 P   3

// Magnitude section
//          	Show	Interval    +0    +1    +2    +3    +4    +5        Tot
distribution	JLY 	0435-0753   0.0   0.5   1.5   1.0   0.0   0.0       3.0
distribution	JBO 	0435-0753   0.0   0.0   0.0   1.0   0.0   0.0       1.0
distribution	ANT 	0435-0753   0.0   0.0   0.0   1.5   0.5  0.0        2.0
distribution	SPO 	0435-0753   0.5   1.0   4.0   1.0   1.5   2.0      10.0

// Personal comments
What a clear night at the NJAA for June!
All 3 JLY's aligned with the old (Dec +35) radiant.
One of the 3 was marginal for the new one (Dec +45),
but was in range of the IMO standards
I examined SPO's for TAQ,JAQ and SCU.
1 of the SPO's (mag +2) was an excellent match to a Scutid (SCU).
It was reported as a SPO.
Plot times measured from audio tape.
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This fomatting seems a bit ugly.

I may have to edit it later to be easier to read.


One disturbing note..
In previous years Lightning Bugs (fireflys) were a big problem this time
of year.
My calendar that records flora and fauna has LIGHNING BUGS !!!!!
written this time of year.

Last night there was only 1 lonely male firefly, blinking to himself.

Wayne