(meteorobs) Observations 03/04Jan2008 Coweta, OK USA
Bill Godley
wwgj180 at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 6 23:30:41 EST 2008
DATE: 03/04JAN2008 BEGIN: 08:40 UT END: 10:10 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): -2 degrees C
OBSERVED SHOWERS: QUA, SPO
OBSERVING PERIODS:
PERIOD, F, LM, QUA, SPO
08:40-08:45, 1.05, 5.2, 2, 0
08:45-08:50, 1.05, 5.2, 0, 1
08:50-08:55, 1.05, 5.2, 2, 0,
08:55-09:00, 1.05, 5.2, 1, 0
09:00-09:05, 1.05, 5.2, 1, 1
09:05-09:10, 1.05, 5.2, 5, 0
09:10-09:15, 1.05, 5.2, 0, 0
09:15-09:20, 1.05, 5.2, 5, 1
09:20-09:25, 1.05, 5.2, 2, 0
09:25-09:30, 1.05, 5.2, 0, 1
09:30-09:35, 1.05, 5.2, 0, 1
09:35-09:40, 1.05, 5.2, 2, 1
09:40-09:45, 1.05, 5.2, 3, 0
09:45-09:50, 1.05, 5.2, 0, 0
09:50-09:55, 1.05, 5.2, 4, 0
09:55-10:00, 1.05, 5.2, 3, 0
10:00-10:05, 1.05, 5.2, 4, 1
10:05-10:10, 1.05, 5.2, 2, 2
TOTAL---------------------------- 36, 9
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
-6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
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QUA 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 2, 2, 5, 11, 6, 7, 0
SPO 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 6, 0
OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:
5% entire duration of count
FOV generally centered at RA 13h 00m Dec +40
DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: 0 min ()
TEFF = 1.50 hrs
MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.2
METEOR DATA:
#, TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG, SPEED, COLOR, TRAIN(SEC)
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1, 08:40, QUA, -2, 3, yel
2, 08:41, QUA, +2, 4,
3, 08:48, SPO, +4, 3,
4, 08:52, QUA, +4, 3,
5, 08:53, QUA, -1, 2,
6, 08:55, QUA, +2, 3,
7, 09:02, SPO, +4, 2,
8, 09:04, QUA, +4, 3,
9, 09:05, QUA, +1, 3,
10, 09:05, QUA, +2, 3,
11, 09:06, QUA, +2, 3,
12, 09:08, QUA, +3, 3,
13, 09:09, QUA, +2, 4,
14, 09:15, QUA, +1, 3,
15, 09:17, QUA, +2, 3,
16, 09:17, QUA, -3, 2,
17, 09:18, SPO, +1, 4,
18, 09:18, QUA, +3, 3,
19, 09:18, QUA, +1, 3,
20, 09:20, QUA, +4, 4,
21, 09:21, QUA, -1, 3,
22, 09:28, SPO, +3, 4,
23, 09:34, SPO, +4, 3,
24, 09:35, QUA, +3, 3,
25, 09:37, SPO, +4, 4,
26, 09:39, QUA, 0, 4,
27, 09:41, QUA, +4, 3,
28, 09:43, QUA, +3, 3,
29, 09:43, QUA, +4, 3,
30, 09:52, QUA, +2, 3,
31, 09:53, QUA, 0, 4,
32, 09:53, QUA, +4, 4,
33, 09:54, QUA, +3, 3,
34, 09:56, QUA, +2, 3,
35, 09:57, QUA, +1, 4,
36, 09:58, QUA, +3, 3,
37, 10:00, QUA, +2, 4,
38, 10:01, QUA, +2, 3,
39, 10:02, QUA, -3, 3,
40, 10:02, SPO, +4, 3,
41, 10:04, QUA, +1, 3,
42, 10:05, QUA, +4, 3,
43, 10:05, SPO, +3, 4,
44, 10:08, SPO, +4, 3,
45, 10:09, QUA, +2, 3,
NOTES:
Nicest meteor of the night was the first one (yellow-orange) that sailed rather leisurely straight over head and set the tone for a most enjoyable session. Nine and 15-minute gaps with no QUA's were a bit surprising.
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