(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 5/9/11 - Mathias. WVa

[George Gliba]

     Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                Mathias, West Virginia
                    May 08/09, 2011

We had a mostly clear night for observing Sunday/Monday.
Early in the evening I saw the SN 2011by in the bowl of
the Big Dipper at around magnitude 13.  Later, I watched
for meteors before dawn from 7:45-9:45 UT. The first hour
I saw only one ETA and no ELY, but the second hour there
was a surge of 6 ETA and 3 ELY meteors. The best meteor
seen was a nice -1 magnitude ETA at 8:08 UT that was a
beautiful blue-green color that had a three second train.
Below is the breakdown of activity observed.

Facing South FOV=18.5 -05 7:45-8:45 UT
              FOV=19.3 -05 8:45-9:45 UT

  Date   Time (UT)  LM  Obst. ANT ELY ETA SPO Total
05/9/11 7:45-8:45  6.3   0%   2   0   1   8   11
05/9/11 8:45-9:45  6.4   0%   2   3   6   7   18


Magnitude Distributions (7:45-9:45 UT LM=6.35)

     -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
ANT  0   0   1   0   0   1   2    4    3.3
ELY  0   1   0   1   0   1   0    3    2.0
ETA  1   1   1   3   1   0   0    7    1.3
SPO  0   0   0   2   6   4   3   15    3.5

Starry Skies,
GWG