(meteorobs) Kappa Cygnids

Paul Martsching pmartsching at mchsi.com
Sun Aug 17 14:04:53 EDT 2014


I went out to Adams Observatory at McFarland Park for two hours.  Before Moon rise fog set in and it was not an option to go down to the conservation center parking lot and face north to continue observing.  I saw four faint Kappa Cygnids in two hours.  

17 August 2014 0240 - 0340 UT 68 deg F; dew pt 67 deg F; calm; "fair"; LM 5.6; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
PER: one: +2
KCG: two: +1; +2
Sporadics: two: +1; +3
Total meteors: five

17 August 2014 0340 - 0440 UT 66 deg F; dew pt 65 deg F; calm; "fair"; LM 5.6; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
ANT: one: 0 yellow
KCG: two: +2; +4
Sporadics: three: +3(3)
Total meteors: six

Paul Martsching in Iowa





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