(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. May 10-12, Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

          Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
             Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                       May 10/11 & 11/12, 2010

  We were lucky to have two consecutive nights to observe for Eta Lyrids
last week. The average ELY was around 1.75 magnitude. There were none
seen brighter than 0 magnitude, but the best meteors seen was a 0 magn.
blue-white colored ELY seen at 5:08 on the morning of May 11th, and a 0
magnitude blue-green colored sporadic with a 3 second train seen at 6:11
UT on the morning of May 12th.
 
  After dark on May 10th, while looking at comet C/2009 K5 McNaught, there
were 3 or 4 meteors seen coming from the area near the star delta Bootis
from 1:00 to 2:30 UT seen incidently. These rates were from casual watching
only, and during that period only one other meteor seemed to be a sporadic.
 

Date    Time (UT)  LM   %Obst. ELY  ANT  SPO Total   FOV     Comments 
5/11/10 3:58-4:58  6.2    0%    2    2    4    8   18.3+45   some haze 
5/11/10 4:58-5:58  6.3    0%    3    4    5   12   19.5+45   some haze

5/12/10 4:26-5:26  6.2   10%    2    2    6   10   18.8+45   some haze
5/12/10 5:26-6:26  6.3   10%    1    2    7   10   20.0+45   some haze

Magnitude Distributions (May 10/11, 2010 - 3:58-4:58 UT - LM=6.25)

     0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
ELY  1   1   1   2   0   0    5   1.8
ANT  0   0   3   3   0   0    6   2.5
SPO  0   1   4   1   2   1    9   2.8

Magnitude Distributions (May 11/12, 2010 - 4:26-6:26 UT - LM=6.25)

     0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
ELY  0   2   0   1   0   0    3   1.7
ANT  0   2   1   1   0   0    4   1.7
SPO  1   0   1   5   3   3   13   3.4     
 
Clear Skies,
GWG