(meteorobs) Obs: 31 Aug 2009

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

31 August 2009 07:30-08:30 UT (CDST 30/31 Aug 02:30-03:30 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: 318 meters
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock

07:30-08:30 51 deg F; dew pt 49 deg F; wind North 3 mph; clear at 07:30; from 07:45-08:30 10 - 15% cloud in far right of field of view (at this particular spot cannot turn farther North because of some trees); after 08:20 some small, thin clouds drifting thru other parts of field of view; average cloud cover 10%; average LM 5.6; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT    mag    type    comment
07:41  +2     Spor
07:50    0     Spor
07:56  +3     Spor
08:01   -1     KCG  pale yellow
08:04  +1     Spor
08:10  +3     Spor
Antihelion: none
Aurigids: none
Kappa Cygnid: one: -1; see below
Sporadics: five: 0; +1; +2; +3(2)
Total meteors: six

08:30   Quit; Western sky entirely clouded up - drifting Eastward.  Heavy dew.  A little fog in low lying areas on the way home.  

The Kappa Cygnid occurred in Perseus > Taurus.  I used the string method to trace back the path - to the KCG radiant area.  The direction, length of path compared to distance from radiant, and velocity were appropriate for a Kappa Cygnid.