(meteorobs) HALWA at NJAA Aug 7-8

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Hi folks. I had an unexpected few hours of very clear skies, so managed 2 hours of low elevation Perseid observations. My impression was that rates were low, but when I calculated EZHR's they weren't far off from what was expected. Perseids were quite dim, for the 8 there were. In fact, the overall meteors were quite dim. Then clouds moved in, so I napped, setting my alarm for every half hour. Finally looked good close to dawn, but it turned out to be a sucker hole; I only got in 18 minutes.
No lightning bugs, LOTS of katydids. Since I started so early there was intense aviation activity; it's one reason it's so difficult to operate the all-sky camera at the NJAA. During the first hour (11:48 PM to 00:48 AM EDT) there were 36! jets. During the second hour, 12:48-1:48 AM, there were 18 jets, and 1 prop plane.

Basically two sessions, 0348-0548 UT, and 0742-0800 UT on August 8th.

NJAA observatory location has been given enough recently. High Bridge, NJ.
F=1.00 throughout. Times recorded to nearest minute. Alignment cord used for shower association, as well as shower velocity. Data on audio tape recorder, no downtime.

Showers RA, Dec, Velocity
PER 042, +57, v59
SDA 347, -13, v41
CAP 312, -07, v23
The following 3 showers were looked for but none were seen. To save space, I did not list them below, assume a count of 0.
PAU 350, -26, v41 (None observed, omitted from hourly list)
KCG 284, +58, v25 (None observed, omitted from hourly list)
ANT 328, -11, v30 (None observed, omitted from hourly list)
The following non-IMO showers were looked for but none were seen.
IER (IAU shower 191) 045,-13, v64
TRI (IAU shower 192) 136,+13, v59
UPG 350, +19, v"swift"

The first 4 intervals were 0.500 Teff, the later one was 0.300 Teff. FOV was Az 130, alt 60, near Pegasus. (except near Triangulum last period)

UT Date Aug 8, 2008 for all
UT Time, LM, PER, SDA, CAP, SPO, Total , Met/Hr
0348-0418 +5.53   1      0      0      3      4       8.0
0418-0448 +5.57   2      0      0      1      3       6.0
0448-0518 +5.59   1      0      0      1      2       4.0
0518-0548 +5.62   2      0      1      1      4       8.0
0742-0800 +5.50   2      1      0      1      4       8.0
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0348-0800 +5.57   8      1      1      7      17      7.4

Average meteor magnitude +2.76

8 PER, (3.5 per hour), Avg mag +2.44
1 SDA (0.4/Hr) Mag +2
1 CAP (0.4/Hr) Mag +3
7 SPO, (3.0/Hr) Avg Mag +3.21