(meteorobs) Observations Coweta, OK USA 05/06NOV2007

[Bill Godley]

DATE: 05/06NOV2007  BEGIN: 06:45 UT  END: 08:00 UT
OBSERVER: Bill Godley
LOCATION: Long 95:57:44 W; Lat 35:56:52 N
CITY/STATE: Coweta, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 ft
METHOD: Visual w/ digital voice recorder and talking clock
TEMP (Avg): 3 degrees C

OBSERVED SHOWERS:  ORI, NTA, STA, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD,        F,    LM,  ORI,  NTA,  STA,  SPO
06:45-08:00,  1.05,  5.2,    0,    2,      1,      6

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
        -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,  0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
        ------------------------------------------------------------
ORI  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0
NTA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,   0,   0,   1,   0,   0
STA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,   1,   0,   0,   0
SPO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   3,  1,   2,   0,   0

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:

5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered at RA 5h 30m Dec +20

DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: none
TEFF = 1.25 hrs

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.2

METEOR DATA:
                            
#,    TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG,  SPEED,  COLOR,    TRAIN(SEC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,      07:07,    NTA,          +3,          3,
2,      07:12,    SPO,          +1,          3,
3,      07:17,    SPO,          +3,          4,
4,      07:19,    STA,          +2,          3,
5,      07:21,    NTA,            0,          2,
6,      07:32,    SPO,          +3,          4,
7,      07:47,    SPO,          +2,          4,
8,      07:50,    SPO,          +1,          2,
9,      07:55,    SPO,          +1,          5,


NOTES:
Over 20 minute wait before seeing the first meteor.  The magnitude 0 NTA (meteor #5) fell N-S toward the southern horizon and differentiation between NTA and STA is uncertain at best.

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