(meteorobs) Obs: 29/30 July 2011

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Sun Jul 31 14:24:33 EDT 2011


Paul Martsching
McFarland Park, Adams 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

Showers looked for:
Anthelion
A Capricornids
Perseids
Pisces Austrinids
S Delta Aquarids

04:45-05:45 UT; 71 deg F; dew point 70 deg F; calm; clear; LM 5.6; facing ESE 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Antihelion: one: +2
A Capricornids: two: -1(2)
Perseids: none
Pisces Austrinids: none
S Delta Aquarids: one: +3
Sporadics: three: +1; +3; +4
Total meteors: seven

05:45-06:45 UT; 70 deg F; dew pt 69 deg F; calm; clear; LM 5.6; facing ESE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hr.
Antihelion: none
A Capricornids: three: -5; -2(2)
Perseids: none
Pisces Austrinids: none
S Delta Aquarids: three: +2; +3; +4
Sporadics: three: +1; +2; +3
Total meteors: nine

06:45-07:30 UT; 69 deg F; dew pt 68 deg F; calm; "fair"; LM 5.4; facing ESE 50 deg; total teff 0.75 hr.
Antihelion: none
A Capricornids: one: 0
Perseids: none
Pisces Austrinids: none
S Delta Aquarids: three: -2; +1; +2
Sporadics: three: 3(3)
Total meteors: seven (45 minutes)

The next night 30/31 July I went out, but patches of haze and fog were moving thru, so I finally gave up.  (05:00 - 06:00 UT; temperature and dew point 75 deg F; facing E 50 degrees; LM ~ 5.2; one CAP +3 and one Sporadic +3 were the only meteors seen.)

I have done very little observing this year because of clouds, haze and or fog on most nights without Moon light.  Lots of rain thru June.  Much of the past month has had dew points between 70 and 80 day and night with hazy days and hazy/foggy nights.




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