(meteorobs) Obs: 20 May 2009

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

20 May 2009 05:00-07:00 UT (CDST 19/20 May midnight-2:00 am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W  Lat: 42 deg 05 min N  Elevation: 318 meters

Antihelion
Sporadics

05:00-06:00; 66 deg F; wind S 13 mph gusting 22 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.7; facing East 55 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Antihelion: none 
Sporadics: one: +4

06:00-07:00; 66 deg F;wind S 13 mph; clear; average l.m. 5.7; facing East 55 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Antihelion: one: -2      (into eastern Sagittarius)
Sporadics: three: -1; +3(2);     (-1 orange; 5 deg; traveled W > E; passed ~1 deg S of Keystone)
Total meteors: four