(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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