(meteorobs) KCG & Late Per, 8/22, 25, 26 - Mathias, WVa
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Aug 27 13:03:09 EDT 2014
Error on *August Gamma Cepheids (AGC)* meteors,
which were incorrectly listed as (sic) ACG.
GWG
On 8/27/14 12:40 PM, George Gliba wrote:
> Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
> Mathias, West Virginia
> August 22nd, 25th, & 26th 2014
>
> We had cloudy and rainy conditions most of the days and nights
> at our cabin, but during sucker holes on the evening of the 21st
> and morning of the 22nd, good activity was seen from the Kappa Cyg
> radiant. While casually enjoying the naked-eye Milky Way before
> midnight, drinking a cup of coffee in a lounge chair, I notice two
> KCG in about 20 minutes or so. So, despite the less than ideal
> conditions I decided to try to get some useful meteor data between
> the clouds. It stayed cloudy for three days after that, until it
> finally cleared up nicely on the 25th, but by then the Kappa Cygnid
> rates were down significantly. The five Kappa Cygnids recorded on
> August 22nd were fairly bright, with an average brightness of 0.4
> magnitude. No KCG fireballs were seen. The best meteor seen was a
> -1 yellow-orange SPO with a 5 second train from the Northern Apex
> source at 5 UT seen on the 26th. Some late Perseids were seen on all
> three mornings.
>
> Date Time (UT) Teff FOV LM Obst. KCG ANT SDA AGC PER SPO
> 8/22/14 3:12-4:00 0.8 Var 6.0 50% 4 1 0 0 1 5
> 8/22/14 4:45-5:15 0.5 Var 5.8 40% 1 1 0 0 1 2
> 8/25/14 4:19-5:19 1.0 0.5+62 6.4 0% 1 3 1 1 2 10
> 8/25/14 5:19-6:19 1.0 1.5+62 6.5 0% 2 2 1 1 0 14
> 8/26/14 4:20-5:20 1.0 0.5+62 6.6 0% 0 2 0 0 1 9
> 8/26/14 5:20-6:20 1.0 1.5+62 6.5 0% 0 3 0 1 1 11
>
>
> Magn. Distributions August 22, 25, & 26 2014
>
> -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 total Ave.
> KCG 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 8 1.0
> ANT 0 0 1 3 6 1 1 12 2.8
> SDA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2.0
> AGC 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1.7
> PER 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 6 2.3
> SPO 1 2 3 7 17 10 11 51 3.1
>
> Starry Skies,
> GWG
>
>
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