(meteorobs) Meteor Obs - 04/25-28/14 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

Correction:
Removed  "Recorded Meteors from 4:59-6:59 UT, LM=6.55"

GWG


On 4/30/14 1:14 PM, George Gliba wrote:
>       Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
>                    Mathias, West Virginia
>                  April 25 - April 28, 2014
>
> We had a few good clear hours over a four night period
> and I was able to get in a total of 6.3 hours Teff.
> It was clear that the Lyrids were over by April 27th.
> One possible late Lyrid was seen in two hours on April
> 27th, but it may have been a chance alignment, as the
> sporadic rate was high then.  Good activity was seen
> again from the Antihelion source. The sporadic count
> seemed unusually high for at least a couple of hours.
>
> No meteors seen were brighter than 0 magnitude, but the
> best meteor seen was a slow 1st magnitude creamy yellow
> colored meteor coming out of the north at 7:50 UT April
> 27th. The transparency averaged 6.4 magnitude, and the
> Milky Way was spectacular at times, when it exceeded 6.6
> magnitude. It was fun watching comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS
> moving from near Lambda towards Eta UMa (about two degrees
> over those four nights) while doing other observing with
> 12x63 binoculars. The comet was about 9th magnitude.
>
>      Date  Time (UT)  LM   Teff Obst. FOV   LYR ANT SPO All
> 4/25/14  5:00-6:00  6.2  0.8  20%   var.   1   1   4   6
> 4/26/14  6:15-7:15  6.4  1.0   0% 19.4+60  2   5   4  11
> 4/26/14  7;15-8:15  6.5  1.0   0% 20.5+60  2   4   7  13
> 4/27/14  6:06-7:06  6.4  1.0   0% 19.3+60  0   4   8  12
> 4/27/14  7:06-8:06  6.6  1.0   0% 20.4+60  1   5  12  18
> 4/28/14  5:04-6:04  6.4  1.0   0% 18.4+60  0   2  10  12
> 4/28/14  6:04-6:34  6.3  0.5   0% 19.4+60  0   3   4   7
>
>
> Magn. Distributions 04/25-28/14, LM=6.4 Ave. Teff=6.3 hrs.
>
>
>        0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
> LYR  0   2   0   1   0   3    6    3.3
> ANT  2   4   6   5   5   2   24    2.5
> SPO  0   2   5   7  15  20   49    3.9
>
> Starry Skies,
> GWG
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> meteorobs mailing list
> meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs