(meteorobs) Obs: 12/13 Sept 2007

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

13 September 2007 08:00-10:00 UT (CDST 12/13 Sep 3:00-5:00am)

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

08:00-09:00; 51 deg F; wind SE 3 mph; clear; aver.lim.mag. 6.0; facing East 50
deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
08:00  +2    Spor
08:05  -1    ANT    yellow
08:17  +3    Spor
08:25   0    ANT
08:36  +4    SPE
08:45  +4    Spor
08:46  +1    Spor   yellow
08:54  +3    Spor
08:54  +3    Spor   a few seconds after previous meteor
08:59  +2    Spor
Antihelion: two: -1, 0
September Perseid: one: +4
Sporadics: seven: +1, +2(2); +3(3), +4
Total meteors: ten

09:00-10:00; 49 deg F; wind SE 3 mph; clear; aver.lim.mag. 5.9; facing East 50
deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
09:10  +4     Spor
09:11  +4     Spor
09:19  +3     Spor
09:22  +4     SPE
09:34  +2     Spor
09:52  +2     Spor
09:59  +2     SPE
Antihelion: none
September Perseids: two: +2, +4
Sporadics: five: +2(2), +3, +4(2)
Total meteors: seven
No Pi Eridanids seen; no obvious reason for so few meteors.