(meteorobs) Obs: 04/05 September 2011

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

I went out looking for Sept E-Perseids and Nu Eridanids.  
During the first hour the sky was as good as it ever gets at this location.  The only Nu Eridanid was at 08:22 UT mag -1 with one second train and ending 10 degrees West of Cepheus.  The brightest meteor and first meteor of the session was a mag -5 deep orange Antihelion in the South going Eastward.

McFarland Park 5 miles NE of Ames, Iowa
05 September 2011 06:45 - 09:45 UT

06:45-07:45 UT 50 deg F; dew pt 47 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.9; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1 hr.
Antihelion: one: -5
Sept E Perseids: three: +1; +2; +3
Sporadics: nine: 0; +1; +2(4); +3(2); +4
Total meteors: thirteen

07:45-08:45 UT 49 deg F; dew pt 47 deg F; wind N 5 mph; LM 5.8; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1 hr.
Nu Eridanid: one: -1
Sept E Perseids: one: +2
Sporadics: six: +1(2); +3(3); +4
Total meteors: eight

08:45-09:45 UT 49 deg F; dew pt 46 deg F; wind N 7 mph; LM 5.7; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1 hr.
Sept E Perseids: three: 0; +2; +3
Sporadics: eight: +1(2); +2; +3(3); +4(2)
Total meteors: eleven

Paul Martsching