(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 08/16/09 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

      Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
         Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                    August 15/16, 2009

   We had mostly clear, but hazy conditions this past Saturday
night and Sunday morning. I was able to observe meteors for
two hours, from 6:05 to 8:05 UT. During that time, I saw seven
late Perseids, five Antihelions, and four Kappa Cygnids.

   The best meteor was was a 0 magnitude Antihelion at 6:46 UT,
and a 0 magnitude Perseid at 8:03 that left a two second train.  
The moon was up, but I faced away from it, looking to the SE.
The transparency was fair, being 6.3 the first hour, and 6.2 the
second hour. It was also somewhat hazy, but still not too bad.


  Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. KCG ANT SDA PER NPX SPX SPO Total   FOV
06:05-07:05  6.3   0%    2   2   1   5   0   0   8   18  21.7+10
07:05-08:05  6.2   0%    2   3   0   2   0   1   8   16  22.5+10


Magnitude Distributions (06:05-08:05 UT - LM=6.25)

     0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
KCG  0   0   0   3   1   0    4   3.3
ANT  1   0   1   2   1   0    5   2.4
SDA  0   1   0   0   0   0    1   1.0
PER  1   1   2   1   1   1    7   2.4
NPX  0   0   0   0   0   0    0   N/A
SPX  0   0   0   1   0   0    1   3.0
SPO  0   1   6   2   1   6   16   3.3

Clear Skies,
GWG