(meteorobs) Observations 02/03JAN2009 GODWI Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

Don't know that this is worth much (see LM and F) but this is what I saw through the clouds and fog.
 
DATE: 02/03JAN2009 BEGIN: 08:55 UT  END: 10:40 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): 10 degrees C

OBSERVED SHOWERS:  QUA, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD,        F,    LM,          QUA,  SPO
08:55-10:40,  1.54,  4.3 (avg),     23,     2,
    
MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
        -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,  0,  +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 
        --------------------------------------------------------------
QUA  0,  0,  1,  0,  1,   2,  4,   6,   5,   3,   1,   0
SPO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,  0,   0,   1,   1,   0,   0

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:
30% to 40% of FOV obstructed on average during the count, assumed 35% for deriving F value.

FOV generally due East but constantly changing due to clouds
DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: 0 minutes
TEFF = 1.75 hours

METEOR DATA:
                            
#,    TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG,  SPEED,  COLOR,    TRAIN(SEC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN 08:55
1,    08:57,       QUA,          +2,     3,
2,    08:59,       QUA,          +2,     3,
3,    09:22,       QUA,          +1,     3,
4,    09:23,       QUA,            0,     4,
5,    09:31,       QUA,          -2,       4,
6,    09:33,       QUA,          +1,      3,
7,    09:40,       QUA,           +3,     4,
8,    09:54,       QUA,            0,      4,
9,    09:56,       QUA,           +2,     4,
10,  10:00.       QUA,           -1,      3,
11,   10:07,      QUA,           -1,      3,
12,   10:11,      SPO,           +2,      3,
13,   10:12,      QUA,           +2,      3,
14,   10:13,      SPO.           +3,      3,
15,   10:15,      QUA,           +3,      3,
16,   10:15,      QUA,           +1,      3,   
17,   10:15,      QUA,             0,      4,
18,   10:17,      QUA,           +3,      3,
19,   10:20,      QUA,           +4,      4,
20,   10:20,      QUA,           +1,      4,
21,   10:26,      QUA,           -4,       3,
22,   10:27,      QUA,            0,       3,
23,   10:36,      QUA,           +1,      3,
24,   10:39,      QUA,           +1,      3,
25,   10:39,      QUA,           +2,      4,
END 10:40
 
Notes:
 
Oh what might have been.  Oklahoma may have been perfectly situated for a peak that was predicted for the far western US but easterm observers noticed very good activity earlier than expected.  Enjoyable nonetheless.