(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 04/19/09 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

      Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
         Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                    April 18/19, 2009

   We had partly cloudy to mostly clear conditions this past
Saturday/Sunday night. Early in the evening, we saw the SN in
NGC 4088, which was around 13.5 magnitude. Later, between some
periods of clouds, I was able to get in two hours of meteor
observations.

   From 5:35 to 7:35 UT I was able to see 22 meteors, including
3 early Lyrids, 2 Antihelions, and 1 Xi Cygnid. The best meteor
of the session was the last one, which was a nice 0 magnitude
blue-green sporadic seen at 7:35 UT.


  Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. ANT LYR XCG NPX SPX SPO Total  FOV
05:35-06:35  6.2   10%   2   1   1   0   0   7   11  various  
06:35-07:35  6.2   15%   0   2   0   0   1   8   11  various


Magnitude Distributions (05:35-07:35 UT - LM=6.2)

     0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
ANT  0   1   0   0   1   0    2   2.5
LYR  0   0   0   3   0   0    3   3.0   
XCG  0   0   0   1   0   0    1   3.0     
NPX  0   0   0   0   0   0    0   N/A
SPX  0   0   1   0   0   0    1   2.0
SPO  2   1   1   4   6   1   15   2.9

Clear Skies,
GWG