(meteorobs) Some July Obs
pmartsching at mchsi.com
pmartsching at mchsi.com
Sat Jul 25 12:09:07 EDT 2009
24 July 2009 05:00-08:00 UT (CDST 23/24 July midnight - 03:00 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 & talking clock; some fireflies; no mosquitoes
05:00-06:00; 63 deg F; dew pt 61 deg F; calm; clear ; average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing ESE 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag type comment
05;05 +4 Spor
05:12 +1 PER orange; brief train
05:24 +2 SDA
05:28 +3 Spor
05:32 +2 ANT
05:52 -1 CAP yellow
05:55 +2 Spor
Antihelion: one: +2
A Capricorinid: one: -1
Perseid: one: +1
S Delta Aquarid: one: +2
Sporadics: three: +2; +3; +4
Total meteors: seven
06:00-07:00; 60 deg F; dew pt 59 deg F; calm; av.lim.mag. 5.6; clear; facing ESE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag type comment
06:10 -1 CAP orange
06:10 +2 Spor (N Apex)
06:24 -3 ANT
06:32 +1 PER brief train
06:33 +3 Spor
06:39 +2 Spor
06:40 +3 SDA
06:49 0 Spor yellow
06:54 +4 Spor
06:56 +1 CAP
Antihelion: one: -3
A Capricornids: two: -1; +1
Perseid: one: +1
S Delta Aquarid: one: +3
Sporadics: five: 0; +2(2); +3; +4
Total meteors: ten
07:00-08:00; 58 deg F; dew pt 57 deg F; heavy dew; calm; clear; av.lim.mag. 5.5; facing ESE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag type comment
07:12 +3 CAP
07:15 +2 Spor
07:16 -2 Spor (N Apex) yellow; 1 second train
07:29 +4 Spor
07:30 +1 Spor
07:38 +3 Spor
07:43 +3 PER
07:50 0 ANT yellow
07:57 +3 Spor
07:58 +3 Spor
Antihelion: one: 0
A Capricornid: one: +3
Perseid: one: +3
S Delta Aquarid: none
Sporadics: seven: -2; +1; +2; +3(3); +4
Total meteors: ten
25 July 2009 06:00-09:00 UT (CDST 24/25 July 01:00-04:00 am)
Same location and method; a few fireflies; no mosquitoes
06:00-07:00; 66 deg F; dew pt 57 deg F; wind NW 8 mph; clear; some thin, hazy clouds over Ames in the SW; distant thunderstorms in SW, lightning; a bit of haze seen in head lights of approaching cars on the way out to observing site; on the way home there was no trace of this haze; average limiting magnitude 5.4; facing ESE 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag type comment
06:14 -1 ANT orange
06:28 +3 Spor
06:32 +3 SDA
06:56 +4 PER
Antihelion: one: -1
A Capricornid: none
Perseid: one: +4
S Delta Aquarid: one: +3
Sporadic: one: +3
Total meteors: four
07:00-08:00; 64 deg F; dew pt 57 deg F; wind NW 8 mph; clear; distant thunderstorms in SW, lightning; ave.lim.mag. 5.5; facing ESE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag type comment
07:25 -1 Spor (N Apex) yellow
07:26 +2 PER yellow
07:34 +2 PER brief train
07:35 +1 ANT
07:45 +4 Spor
07:53 +2 Spor
07:59 +4 Spor
Antihelion: one: +1
A Capricornid: none
Perseids: two: +2(2)
S Delta Aquarid: none
Sporadics: four: -1; +2; +4(2)
Total meteors: six
08:00-09:00; 63 deg F; dew pt 57 deg F; wind NW 9 mph; clear; distant thunderstorms have moved eastward along the southern horizon and are now to the South; lightning; ave.lim.mag. 5.5; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag type comment
08:03 +3 PER
08:17 +1 Spor
08:18 0 CAP
03:24 +3 PER
03:25 0 PER yellow; one sec train
03:25 0 Spor
08:29 +4 Spor
08:34 +3 Spor
08:59 +2 SDA
Antihelion: none
A Capricornid: one: 0
Perseids: three: 0; +3(2)
S Delta Aquarid: one: +2
Sporadics: four: 0; +1; +3; +4
Total meteors: nine
May have been getting tired during the last hour, but saw three dim satellites and nine jets. About 3:45 am CDST I heard a snort to the South and saw three bucks silhouetted against the sky glow of Ames and Des Moines. One was young and had small antlers, one had a middle sized rack and one had the biggest rack I have ever seen on a live White-tailed deer.
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