(meteorobs) Obs: 18 Aug 2009

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Tue Aug 18 12:04:27 EDT 2009


18 August 2009 02:30-04:30 and 05:30-08:00 UT
(CDST 17/18 Aug 09:30-11:30 pm and 12:30-03:00 am)
Paul Martsching
Usual location and method
02:30-03:30; 72 deg F; dew point 68 deg F; wind calm; mostly clear; big patches of very thin, diffuse haze drifting thru; LM 5.5; facing East 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT     mag    type    comment
02:37  +1      Spor
02:41   -1      KCG
02:44  +2      Spor
02:48  +1      KCG
03:27  +1      Spor    yellow
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnids: two: -1; +1
Perseid: none
Sporadics: three: +1; +2(2)
Total meteors: five

03:30-04:30; 70 deg F; dew point 66 deg F; wind calm; LM 5.0 with 20% cloud cover; extensive areas of thin, diffuse haze drifting thru along with some streaks/patches of denser haze/thin cloud; facing East 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT     mag    type    comment
03:32    0      Spor
04:05  +3      Spor
04:09  +1      KCG   yellow
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnid; one: +1
Perseid: none
Sporadics: two: 0; +3
Total meteors: three
Quit at 04:30 because bright clouds moving in from the North.  Went moth hunting for a while.  Sky seemed to improve so went back out to observe.

05:30-06:30; 64 deg F; dew pt 60 deg F; wind West 5 mph; average LM 5.4; still occasional very thin haze drifting thru; facing North 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT     mag   type    comment
05:38  +2     Spor
05:43  +3     Spor
05:45  +1     Spor   orange
05:59  +1     Spor
05:59  +2     Spor
06:01  +4     PER
06:11  +3     KCG
06:16    0     ANT
Antihelion: one: 0
Kappa Cygnid: one: +3
Perseid: one: +4
Sporadics: five: +1(2); +2(2); +3
Total meteors: eight

06:30-07:30; 60 deg F; dew pt 58 deg F; calm; LM 5.3; sometimes clear; sometimes big patches of thin haze drifting thru; facing N 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT     mag    type    comment
06:33  +3      Spor
06:36   -3      KCG   yellow
06:38  +3      PER
06:39  +2      Spor    orange
06:41  +3      Spor
06:57   -1      PER    yellow; 1 second train
07:00  +2      Spor
07:12  +3      Spor
07:14  +4      Spor
07:20  +3      PER
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnid: one: -3
Perseids: three: -1; +3(2)
Sporadics: six: +2(2); +3(3); +4
Total meteors: ten

07:30-08:00; 58 deg F; dew pt 57 deg F; wind calm; sometimes nearly clear; otherwise thin haze; LM 5.2; facing North 50 deg; total teff 0.5 hour (30 minutes)
UT     mag    type    comment
07:33  +2      Spor
07:37    0      KCG
07:40  +3      Spor
07:44  +3      PER
07:52  +3      Spor
07:55  +3      PER
07:57   -1      Spor    yellow; train
Antihelion: none
Kappa Cygnid: one: 0
Perseids: two: +3(2)
Sporadics: four: -1; +2; +3(2)
Total meteors: seven
General haze becoming denser; Jupiter "fuzzy"; quit.











 





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