(meteorobs) Perseids 14 August

[Samuel Barricklow]

The haze and light pollution of the DFW Metroplex along with the light from the SuperMoon, were too much for the Perseids.  I spent three hours between 1 and 4 AM on the morning of the 13th and an hour during the wee hours of the 14th outside with dSLR with no meteors to show for the effort.  

However, I did record an abundance of meteor pings during the morning of the 14th.

http://www.k5kj.net/audio_files/20140814-0649z_Perseids.mp3

http://www.k5kj.net/audio_files/20140814_0658z_Perseids.mp3

Frequency:  55.249 MHz, USB

Antenna: 3 element 6 meter yagi at 60 feet AGL, fixed northeast (not optimum for signals originating from Mexico)

I suspect that the channel 2 analog TV transmitters are primarily located in Mexico, the Caribbean or Central America, or some combination.  A few could still be located inside the U.S.

Sam - K5KJ



On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Paul Martsching <pmartsching at mchsi.com> wrote:

> I went out last night thinking that I might not see any Perseid fireballs (mag. - 4 or brighter), since I didn't see any the night before.  I saw a three: a - 6 yellow with train duration of 8 seconds in the bright Moon light and two of mag. - 4 both orange, one of which had a train lasting 5 seconds.  The best Perseid hour was 0830-0930 UT when I saw seventeen.  Kappa Cygnids were very sparse, but the best was white, got up to mag - 5 then popped/flashed to at least mag - 6 at the end.  
> 
> No ATR's.  One probable ERI.  No apparent ANT's or SDA's.  
> 
> Jet traffic (mainly East - West) picked up a little after 3 am CDST, but really increased after 4 am CDST.  Atmospheric conditions made for long-enduring, spreading jet contrails, slowly drifting North to South, which became an increasing problem after 4 am CDST. Somewhat more horizon haze than previous night, but not bad till spreading jet contrails became a problem.

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