(meteorobs) Perseids from Oregon August 13

[Wes Stone]

After a mostly clear Wednesday, the clouds returned in the evening. I had 
planned to get out before 6:00UT (11pm local), but the clouds put a damper 
on that. When I did go out, the cloud bank was retreating to the east. Based 
on my 15-minute intervals below, it looks like I probably caught the very 
tail-end of this night's spike. There were some decent spurts of meteors 
afterward, but a lot of dead time as well. Definitely post-maximum. No 
fireballs and no really interesting meteors. The Kappa Cygnids made an 
appearance with 3 meteors, and there was a South Delta Aquarid straggler. I 
saw my only antihelion meteor of the night after I had packed up.

85 Perseids and 18 other meteors in 2.59 hours Teff (yawn, yawn). A decent 
show considering timing, moonlight and clouds, I guess, but not exactly a 
memorable Perseid year for me.

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2009 August 12/13

6:22 - 6:37UT: 12 PER, 1 Spo (0.245 hours Teff, LM=6.44, F=1.11)

6:37 - 6:52UT: 12 PER, 0 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.44, F=1.11)

6:52 - 7:07UT: 9 PER, 1 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.41, F=1.21)

7:07 - 7:22UT: 6 PER, 1 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.39, F=1.42)

7:22 - 7:37UT: 9 PER, 0 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.45, F=1.21)

7:37 - 7:52UT: 9 PER, 1 KCG, 1 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.46, F=1.15)

7:52 - 8:07UT: 9 PER, 1 SDA, 3 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.35, F=1.24)

8:07 - 8:22UT: 2 PER, 1 KCG, 2 Spo (0.247 hours Teff, LM=6.30, F=1.33)

8:22 - 8:37UT: 6 PER, 1 KCG, 2 Spo (0.246 hours Teff, LM=6.28, F=1.26)

8:37 - 9:00UT: 11 PER, 3 Spo (0.377 hours Teff, LM=6.28, F=1.14)

Magnitude distributions:
KCG: +2(1), +3(1), +4(1) mean=3.0
SDA: +2(1)
PER: -1(6), 0(6), +1(16), +2(16), +3(31), +4(9), +5(1) mean=2.1
Spo: +1(2), +2(5), +3(4), +4(3) mean=2.6

Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
http://skytour.homestead.com
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--
So he slept on a mountain.
In a sleeping bag underneath the stars
he would lie awake and count them.
And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way
would never let him die alone.
--Wilco