(meteorobs) Observations 01/02JAN2009 GODWI Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

DATE: 01/02JAN2009 BEGIN: 09:15 UT  END: 10:30 UT
OBSERVER: Bill Godley  IMO OBSERVER CODE: GODWI
LOCATION: Long 95:42:45 W; Lat 35:56:52 N  IMO LOCATION CODE: 25759
CITY/STATE: Coweta, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 ft (200 m)
METHOD: Visual w/ digital recorder and talking clock
TEMP (Avg): 7 degrees C

OBSERVED SHOWERS:  QUA, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:
 
PERIOD,        F,    LM,    QUA, SPO
09:15-10:30   1.05,  5.2,     4,      6,
    
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
        -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,  0,  +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 
        --------------------------------------------------------------
QUA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   2,   1,   1,   0
SPO  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,   1,  0,   1,   0,   1,   1,   1

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:
5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered at RA 11h 00m Dec +35
DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: 0 minutes
TEFF = 1.25 hours

METEOR DATA:
                            
#,    TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG,  SPEED,  COLOR,    TRAIN(SEC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
START 09:15,
1,    09:16,       SPO,        +3,        4
2,    09:17,       QUA,        +4,        3
3,    09:26,       SPO,        +1,        3
4,    09:34,       QUA,        +3,        3
5,    09:39,       QUA,        +2,        3
6,    09:44,       SPO,        +5,        4
7,    09:52,       SPO,        +4,        3
8,    09:53,       SPO,        -1,         4
9,    09:58,       SPO,        -6,         2,          Blue,        10 sec
10,  10:17,       QUA,        +2,        3,
END 10:30

Notes:

Brilliant fireball emanated in vicinity of Corvus and flared multiple times as it moved rather slowly toward Hercules in the eastern sky.  Estimate it travelled about 60 degrees in total.  Bright white with some blue as if flared.  Don't recall shadowing but unsure.  Reminded of "Flashbulb KCG" of 2007 but this was brighter and exhibited more color.  Rather low in the sky.  Train may have persisted even longer but clouds in distance made it hard to confirm.

Should have been watching for COM meteors as one or more SPOs likely were from COM radiant.  Should know better by now.