(meteorobs) Observations from Oregon July 27/28

[Wes Stone]

I got out for an hour and a half Tuesday morning. Skies were OK with just a 
hint of smoke decreasing transparency. Meteor activity (55 total meteors in 
1.54 hours) was consistent and bright with good activity from the Alpha 
Capricornids and about normal activity from the South Delta Aquarids and 
Perseids. Sporadic rates were quite high, and the sporadic magnitude 
distribution was impressively bright (looked more like a shower 
distribution).

Several of the sporadics were from the Apex region, and several more looked 
to originate from somewhere along the Cygnus/Cepheus boundary, but mainly 
there were just a lot of sporadics.

I'll report to IMO when I get time.

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2009 July 27/28

Interval 1: 0926-1100 UT
Teff: 1.54 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.73
Total Meteors: 55
CAP: 7
ANT: 1
SDA: 12
PER: 5
Spo: 30

Magnitude distributions:
CAP: -2(1), -1(1), +2(2), +3(2), +4(1)  mean=1.4
ANT: +3(1)
SDA: 0(1), +1(1), +3(5), +4(5)  mean=3.0
PER: +1(1), +2(1), +3(2), +4(1)  mean=2.6
Spo: -2(1), -1(2), 0(2), +1(6), +2(8), +3(8), +4(3)  mean=1.8

--
So he slept on a mountain.
In a sleeping bag underneath the stars
he would lie awake and count them.
And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way
would never let him die alone.
--Wilco