(meteorobs) Obs: 27 Sep 2009

Bruce McCurdy bmccurdy at telusplanet.net
Sun Sep 27 16:09:30 EDT 2009


    Hey Paul, that looks like a bright showing of South Taurids. Only 6 of 
them, but -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, and +1! Is there any history of very early 
outliers of this long-lived shower tending to be larger meteoroids?

    Thanks for the report.

    Bruce
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Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:50 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Obs: 27 Sep 2009


> 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 
> orizon  - 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
>
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