(meteorobs) Obs: 27 Sep 2009

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

27 Sep 2009 05:30 - 09:30 UT ( CDST 26/27 Sep 12:30 - 04:30 am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park Observatory 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

SLY    September Lyncids
STA    South Taurids
Spor    Sporadics

05:30-06:30; 54 degrees F; dew point 52 degrees F; wind South 6 mph; LM 5.9; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
UT    mag    type    comment
05:50   0      STA
05:59  +2     Spor
06:01  -4      STA   yellow
06:04 +1      SLY   1 second train; long, very fast; ended in square of Pegasus
06:19  -1      Spor    began 4 deg N of Aldeberan; ended 1 deg above little triangle in top of Orion
SLY: one: +1
STA: two: -4; 0
Sporadics: two: -1; +2
Total meteors: five

06:30-07:30; 52 deg F; dew point 51 deg F; calm; LM 5.8; facing East 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT    mag    type    comment
06:38  +3     Spor
06:54  +3     Spor
06:59  +2     Spor
07:01  +4     Spor
07:08  +3     Spor
SLY: none
STA: none
Sporadics: five: +2; +3(3); +4
Total meteors: five

07:30-08:30; 51 deg F; dew point 50 deg F; calm; LM 5.7; facing East 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour
UT    mag    type    comment
07:37  -2     STA   yellow
07:42  +2    Spor
07:50  +4    Spor
08:05  +3    Spor
08:12 -1      STA
SLY: none
STA: two: -2; -1
Sporadics: three: +2; +3; +4
Total meteors: five

08:30-09:30; 53 deg F; dew point 51 deg F; wind S 7 mph; LM 5.6; facing East 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour; during this hour a thin layer of haze in all directions; the bottom of this layer 2 to 3 degrees above the horizon  - very obvious in the sky glow over Ames in SW; Nevada in SE; Story City in N, etc.  Very heavy dew.  On way home drove thru one small area of fog on a creek bottom.
UT    mag    type    comment
08:33  +3     Spor
08:43  -3      STA
08:44  +1     Spor
08:48  +1     STA
08:51  +3     Spor
09:02  +4     Spor
09:15  +1     Spor
09:15  +1     Spor
09:17  +3     Spor
09:19  +2     Spor
SLY: none
STA: two: -3; +1
Sporadics: eight: +1(3); +2; +3(3); +4
Total meteors: ten