(meteorobs) KCG & Late Per, 8/22, 25, 26 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

Also, error in AGC magnitude distribution placement was found and
corrected, but the average magnitude was still correct...

GWG


On 8/27/14 1:03 PM, George Gliba wrote:
>
> 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   2   0   1   0   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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