(meteorobs) Observations 31JUL/01AUG 2008 Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

DATE: 31JUL/01AUG2008  BEGIN: 06:00 UT  END: 07:15 UT
OBSERVER: Bill Godley  IMO OBSERVER CODE: GODWI
LOCATION: Long 95:42:45 W; Lat 35:56:52 N  IMO LOCATION CODE: 75207
CITY/STATE: Coweta, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 ft
METHOD: Visual w/ digital voice recorder and talking clock
TEMP (Avg): 23 degrees C

OBSERVED SHOWERS:  ANT, CAP, PAU, PER, SDA, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD,        F,    LM,  ANT, CAP, PAU, PER, SDA, SPO
06:00-07:15,  1.05,  5.0,    1,     2,      0,      2,      3,      4
TOTAL---------------------------- 1,     2,      0,      2,      3,      4

    
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
        -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,  0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
        ------------------------------------------------------------
ANT  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,  0,   0,   1,   0,   0
CAP  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  2,  0,   0,  0,   0,   0
PAU  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0
PER  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,   1,  0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0
SDA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,  1,   0,   1,   1,   0
SPO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  1,  0,   1,   1,   1,   0

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:
5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered at RA 22h 00m Dec +30
DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: 0 minutes
TEFF = 1.25 hours

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.0

METEOR DATA:
                            
#,    TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG,  SPEED,  COLOR,    TRAIN(SEC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,      06:14,    SDA,        +3,           2,
2,      06:17,    CAP,          0,           2,
3,      06:19,    SPO,        +2,           3,
4,      06:31,    PER,         -4,           4,          blue,         4-sec
5,      06:32,    SDA,         +1,           3,
6,      06:38,    SPO,         +3,           4,
7,      06:40,    PER,         -1,            4,         none,         wake
8,      06:44,    SPO,         +4,           4,
9,      06:52,    SDA,         +4,            3,
10,    06:53,    SPO,           0,            3,
11,    06:56,    ANT,          +3,           3,
12,    07:03,    CAP,          0,            1,



NOTES:
Just caught a fleeting glimpse of the fireball Perseid as it raced toward the NW.