(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. - Mathias. WVa

George Gliba gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Aug 2 12:17:59 EDT 2011


Correction on teff totals

GWG



On 8/2/11 11:55 AM, George Gliba wrote:
>       Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
>                  Mathias, West Virginia
>                 July 30 - Augist 1, 2011
>
> We had a couple good nights to observe, with fair to
> good conditions the whole time. I was able to get in
> four hours of meteor observing over the two nights.
> I also saw comet Garradd C/2009 P1, which seemed to be
> having an small outburst as it had a stellar central
> condensation Sunday night that wasn't there Saturday
> night. Also Vesta was fairly easy to spot with only the
> naked-eye with a 6.5 limiting magnitude. It was at 5.7
> magnitude at the time.
>
> Facing South FOV=23.0 +05 5:55-7:00 UT both nights
>                FOV=00.0 +05 7:00-8:05 UT both nights
>
>    Date    Time (UT)  LM  Obst. CAP ANT SDA PER SPO Total
> 07/31/11 5:55-7:00  6.3   0%   1   1   4   4   10  20
> 07/31/11 7:00-8:05  6.1   0%   1   1   6   4    8  20
>
> teff=2.0 with 10 min. dead time
>
>    Date    Time (UT)  LM  Obst. CAP ANT SDA PER SPO Total
> 08/01/11 5:55-7:00  6.3   0%   0   3   7   5    9  24
> 08/01/11 7:00-8:05  6.5   0%   0   2   7   5   17* 31
>
> teff=2.0 with 10 min. dead time
>
> *Surge of Sporadics, but no other radiant noticed.
>
>
> Magnitude Distributions 07/31/11 (5:55-8:05 UT LM=6.2)
>       -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
> CAP  0   1   0   0   1   0   0    2    1.5
> ANT  0   0   0   1   0   0   1    2    3.5
> SDA  0   0   4   1   5   0   0   10    2.1
> PER  1   1   1   1   2   2   0    8    2.0
> SPO  0   1   2   3   4   4   4   18    3.1
>
> Magnitude Distributions 08/01/11 (5:55-8:05 UT LM=6.4)
>       -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
> CAP  0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0    N/A
> ANT  0   0   0   1   1   1   0    3    3.0
> SDA  0   0   4   4   4   2   0   14    2.3
> PER  0   0   4   3   3   0   0   10    1.9
> SPO  0   2   4   3   5   5   7   26    3.1
>
> Starry Skies,
> GWG
>
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