(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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