(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 11/28/08 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

      Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
         Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                   November 27/28, 2008

   We went up to our cabin, which we named Screech Owl Hill
Observatory, for Thanksgiving. Although it was partly cloudy,
with some itermittent haze, there were periods of good to very
good transparency. However, I had to do some twisting in my
chair to keep the percentage of clear sky as high a possible.

   From 6:54 to 8:54 UT I was able to observe 46 meteors, which
included 3 early Geminids, 2 late Leonids, 6 Taurids (ANT), 1
early Sigma Hydrid, 1 early Monocerotid, a few apex meteors, and
29 sporadics. The best meteor was a nice -1 magnitude Northern
Apex meteor seen at 8:14 UT that left a 3 second train. Below is
a brief summary of the meteor activity observed.


  Time (UT) LM %Obst.NTA STA GEM MON HYD LEO NPX SPX SPO Total
06:54-07:54 6.4 20%   2   1   2   0   1   1   0   0  15   22
07:54-08:54 6.4 10%   1   2   1   1   0   1   1   3  14   24


FOV  6:54-7:54 UT= various
     7:54-8:54 UT= various
 

Magnitude Distributions (06:54-08:54 UT - LM=6.4, some haze)

    -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
NTA  0   0   0   1   0   1   1   3    3.7
STA  0   0   0   1   2   0   0   3    2.7
GEM  0   0   1   0   2   0   0   3    2.3
MON  0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1    3.0
HYD  0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1    3.0
LEO  0   0   1   1   0   0   0   2    1.5
NPX  1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   -1.0
SPX  0   0   2   0   0   0   1   3    2.3
SPO  0   0   1   5  11   8   4  29    3.3

Clear Skies,
GWG