(meteorobs) Observations 07/08AUG2008 Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

Agree w/ Bert and Richard regarding the Perseids this early AM.
Was hoping to get a longer session in but clouds began swarming the area after the first 50 minutes.  I tried to fight through it and utilize "sucker holes" and wait it out but there was just too much obstruction after the first 50 minutes to make observations after that time meaningful.  What I feel comfortable in noting is that, from about 6 UT to almost 7:30 UT (when I finally gave up), the Perseids over Eastern Oklahoma were not plentiful and the shower did not seem as active as the session two nights ago when I saw 11 in two hours under similar (though clear) skies. 

DATE: 07/08AUG2008  BEGIN: 06:00 UT  END: 06:50 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 recorder and talking clock
TEMP (Avg): 22 degrees C

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

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD,        F,    LM,  ANT, CAP, KCG, PAU, PER, SDA, SPO
06:00-06:50,  1.05,  5.0,    0,     1,      0,      0,      3,      0,     2
TOTAL-------------------------- 0,     1,      0,      0,      3,      0,    2

    
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
        -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,  0,  +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
        ------------------------------------------------------------
ANT  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0
CAP  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   1,   0,   0,   0,   0
KCG  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0  
PAU  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0
PER  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   1,  0,   0,   1,   1,   0,   0
SDA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0
SPO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   2,   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 = 0.83 hours

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.0

METEOR DATA:
                            
#,    TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG,  SPEED,  COLOR,    TRAIN(SEC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,      06:03,    SPO,        +4,            3,
2,      06:07,    CAP,         +1,           2,
3,      06:12,    PER,         +2,           4,
4,      06:13,    PER,         +3,           4,
5,      06:38,    SPO,         +4,           3,
6,      06:46,    PER,          -1,            4,


NOTES:
Still no PAU.