(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 05/24/09 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

Robert Lunsford wrote:
> George,
>
> That is an extraordinary number of meteors for the northern hemisphere in 
> late May. I wonder if your LM was actually a little bit better than +6.2?
>
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Gliba" <gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>; "Mark Davis" 
> <meteors at comcast.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:07 AM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 05/24/09 - Mathias, WVa
>
>
>   
>>      Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
>>         Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
>>                      May 23/24, 2009
>>
>>   We had partly cloudy to clear conditions this past Sunday
>> morning. Although there was some haze, I was able to get in a
>> couple hours of meteor observing from 5:00 to 7:00 UT.
>>
>>   From 5:00 to 7:00 UT I was able to see 24 meteors, including
>> 4 Antihelions, 2 Apex meteors (1 NPX & 1 SPX), and 18 sporadics.
>> I looked for, but didn't see any, Tau Herculids. The best meteor
>> seen was a nice 0 magnitude Antihelion, just 5 degrees above the
>> horizon, seen at 6:21 UT.
>>
>>
>>  Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. THE ANT NPX SPX SPO Total   FOV
>> 05:00-06:00  6.2   0%    0   2   1   0   8   11  16.8 +05
>> 06:00-07:00  6.2   0%    0   2   0   1  10   13  18.2 +05
>>
>>
>> Magnitude Distributions (05:00-07:00 UT - LM=6.2)
>>
>>     0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
>> THE  0   0   0   0   0   0    0   N/A
>> ANT  1   0   2   0   1   0    4   2.0
>> NPX  1   0   0   0   0   0    1   0.0
>> SPX  0   0   0   1   0   0    1   3.0
>> SPO  0   2   1   4   7   4   18   3.6
>>
>> Clear Skies,
>> GWG 
>>     
>
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Bob,

   There were periods when the LM was 6.3 or so, but the average was only
6.2  There did seem to be a radiant around Sagittarius, but the location 
could
not be determined.

Clear Skies,
GWG