(meteorobs) Obs 27 July

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

27 July 2009 05:00-07:00 UT (CDST 26/27 July midnight - 02:00 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 and talking clock

Observed showers:
Antihelion
A Capricornids
Perseids
Piscis Austinids
S Delta Aquarids
Sporadics

05:00-06:00; 63 deg F; dew point 61 deg F; calm; clear; aver.lim.mag. 5.5; facing ESE 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time    mag    type    comment
05:10   +4       Spor
05:10    -2       SDA   yellow; brief train
05:56   +1       Spor
S Delta Aquarid: one: -2
Sporadics: two: +1; +4
Total meteors: three

06:00-07:00; 61 deg F; dew pt 59 deg F; calm; clear; aver.lim.mag 5.4; some extremely thin haze passing thru right one-third of field of view 06:15-06:45; facing ESE 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time    mag    type    comment
06:03      0      Spor    
06:12   +4       Spor
06:13   +4       SDA
06:21     0       CAP   yellow
06:24   +2       PER
06:40   +3       SDA
06:41    -1       ANT   yellow
06:46   +1       Spor
06:46   +3       SDA
06:48   +2       Spor
06:53   +4       Spor
06:54   +3       Spor
Antihelion: one: -1
A Capricornid: one: 0
Perseid: one +2
S Delta Aquarids: three: +3(2); +4
Sporadics: six: 0; +1; +2; +3; +4(2)
Total meteors: twelve
Quit at 07:00 because of a considerable amount of cloud coming in from the West.