(meteorobs) KS 8/8/08 brief summary
Bertunit at aol.com
Bertunit at aol.com
Fri Aug 8 10:32:59 EDT 2008
Managed finally to get hooked up with Dr Eric Flescher and get my first 2
hr. session of the year
last evening, using the Louisburg, KS observatory site S of KC metro area.
I confirm the paucity of Perseid bright members, and we had a pretty
incredible drought of Perseids
the 2nd full hour after sunset (really a slow hr. overall) after a not so
bad 1st hr. My best one was a 0.5 immediately before
a -3 I missed low in the N.
I missed the best one of the night, blocked by the one cedar tree low on the
N horizon, seen by
Eric well while we were commenting on the clump phenomenon typical of the
Perseids. Oh well.
It was the third of a set, I had another brace of them later that first hr.,
then just singles spread
far apart.
One Kappa Cygnid, a beautiful +2 falling from directly overhead due N.
Detailed report over the weekend on this.
Bert Matous
Lenexa KS USA
IMO designation - MATBE
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