(meteorobs) Obs: 03/04 Oct 2007

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

04 Oct 2007 01:50-04:00 UT (CDT 03/04 Oct 2007 8:50-11:00pm)

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

01:50-03:00; 63 degrees F; wind South 7 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
6.0; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1 hour 10 minutes
Time   mag.   type   comment
01:51  +3     Spor
01:57  -3     Spor   yellow; 10 deg; in Perseus; from direction of Cassiopeia
02:00  +1     Spor
02:15  +1     Spor   yellow; brief train
02:22  +3     Spor
02:42  +4     Spor
02:48  +3     Spor   fast; Cassiopeia > Square of Pegasus
Antihelion/Taurid: none
Sporadics: seven: -3, +1(2), +3(3), +4
Total meteors: seven

03:00-04:00; 60 degrees F; wind South 7 mph; clear; average limiting mag. 6.0;
facing East 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
03:08  -1     Spor   yellow
03:10  +4     Spor
03:14  +3     Spor
03:36  +3     Spor
03:45  -2     Spor   orange; slow; double cluster > 5 deg South of Triangulum
Antihelion/Taurid: none
Sporadics: five: -2, -1, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: five