(meteorobs) Obs: 30 Aug 2009

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

30 August 2009 07:20-09:50 UT  (CDST 29/30 Aug 02:20-04:50 am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Long: 93 deg 34 min W  Lat: 42 deg 05 min N  Elevation: 1,043 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock

Observed showers:
Antihelion
Aurigids
Sporadics

07:20-08:20 UT; 51 deg F; dew point 47 deg F; wind NW 3 mph; clear; LM 5.9; sky better than usual for this location, especially the bottom 20 degrees above the horizon; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT     mag    type     comment
07:22  +2    Spor
07:36  +1    Spor   yellow
07:48  +4    Spor
07:49    0    Spor
08:00  +3    Spor
08:06  +3    Spor
Antihelion: none
Aurigid: none
Sporadics: six: 0; +1; +2; +3(2); +4
Total meteors: six

08:20-09:20 UT 50 deg F; dew pt 47 deg F; wind NW 7 mph; clear; LM 5.9; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT    mag    type    comment
08:20  +1     Spor   red; train; fast; 50 deg path; from SE; ended near Polaris
08:23   -1     Spor   began 1 degree below Capella; went straight down 3 degrees
08:28  +3     Spor
08:32  +1     Spor   orange; fast; 30 deg path; from SE; ended 5 degrees beyond double cluster
08:37  +4     Spor
08:42  +3     Spor
08:45  +4     Spor
08:51   -2     Spor   yellow; just South of Hamal > 5 degrees S of Pleiades; medium speed
09:11  +3     Spor
09:16  +1     Spor
Antihelion: none
Aurigid: none
Sporadics: ten: -2; -1; +1(3); +3(3); +4(2)
Total meteors: ten

09:20-09:50 UT 48 deg F; dew pt 46 deg F; wind NW 5 mph; clear; LM 5.8; twilight after 09:30; Venus in ENE for a while blocked by distant pine tree; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 0.5 hour
UT    mag    type    comment
09:21   -2     ANT   yellow; went thru Pleiades
09:31  +1     Spor
09:41   -1     Spor    yellow; 2 second train; traveled one degree S>N; two degrees below SE angle of Auriga
09:47  +2     Spor
Antihelion: one: -2
Aurigid: none
Sporadics: three: -1; +1; +2
Total meteors: four (30 minutes)

Heavy dew; no obvious fog.