(meteorobs) Perseid Meteor Obs. 8/12/13 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

       Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                  Mathias, West Virginia
                    August 11/12, 2013

We had some good conditions for the Perseid maximum, except
that it was quite humid and a bit hazy.  I was able to get
in three hours of formal meteor observing. I took a break
from 6:41-6:54 UT to look at the SN 2013ej in M74, which
was around 12.5 magnitude. That became the 40th SN that I
have seen visually since 1974. The best two meteors was a
-4 and a -3 Perseid seen at 8:04 and 7:56 UT respectively.

8/12/13 - FOV= 03.5 +40 - facing ENE, clear with some haze

Time (UT)  LM  Obst. KCG ANT SDA PER ATR SPO Total Note
5:40-6:40  6.2  20%   1   2   2  39   1   7   52  humid
6:55-7:55  6.2  15%   0   2   0  37   0   8   47  humid
7:55-8:55  6.2  15%   0   1   0  51   0   8   60  humid

Magn. Distributions 08/12/13, 17% obstruction, clear,
5:40-8:55 UT, break 6:41-6:54 UT, LM=6.2

     -4  -2  -3  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
KCG  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0    1   4.0
ANT  0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   2    5   3.6
SDA  0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0    2   0.5
PER  1   1   3   6  13  29  31  26   8   9  127   2.0
ATR  0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0    1   0.0
SPO  0   0   0   1   1   3   6   4   3   5   23   2.7

Starry Skies,
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