(meteorobs) Delta Aquarid Maximum- Mathias, WVa

George Gliba gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Jul 30 17:31:45 EDT 2014


Correction on date for initial totals.

GWG



On 7/30/14 5:25 PM, George Gliba wrote:
>          Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
>                       Mathias, West Virginia
>                       July 25th & 29th, 2014
>
> We had a couple of nights with fairly clear skies for doing
> some meteor observing on July 25th and July 29th. Although
> the conditions were similar, the number of meteors seen was
> very noticably higher the 29th due to the incrased activity
> from the Sporadics and Delta Aquarids. Later Comet Jacques was
> seen both nights moving through Auriga. There was also a bit
> of haze and a few clouds on both nights. The best meteor seen
> on both mornings was a solo bluw-green -3rd Sigma Capricornid
> seen at 7:37 UT on the 25th, the only SCA meteor seen. THe best
> meteor seen on the 29th was a -1 magnitude Perseid with a five
> second train.
>
>     Date  Time (UT)    FOV   LM  Obst. CAP ANT SCA SDA JPE Per SPO
> 7/25/14 6:00-7:00    Var   6.3  25%   3   1   0   1   0   1   4
> 7/26/14 7:00-8:00  2.3+50  6.5  15&   0   1   1   2   1   2   4
> 7/29/14 6:12-7:12  1.5+50  6.4  15%   1   3   0   9   0   4   9
> 7/29/14 7:12-8:12  2.5+50  6.2  15%   2   2   0   6   0   4   9
>
>
> Magn. Distributions 07/25/14, LM=6.4 Ave.  20& Obstruction
>
>       -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
> CAP  0   1   1   0   1   0   0    3    2.3
> ANT  0   0   1   0   1   0   0    2    2.0
> SDA  0   0   0   1   0   2   0    3    3.0
> JPE  0   0   0   1   0   0   0    1    2.0
> PER  0   0   0   0   1   0   2    3    4.3
> SPO  0   0   2   3   0   1   2    8    2.7
>
> Note:  Only one other meteor, a solo SCA, was seen, but it was of
>          -3 magnitude and had a 7 second train low seen in the south
> =================================================================
>
> Magn. Distributions 07/29/14, LM=6.3 Ave.  15& Obstruction
>
>       -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
> CAP  0   1   2   0   0   0   0    3    0.7
> ANT  0   0   0   2   2   1   0    5    2.8
> SDA  0   3   1   4   2   4   1   15    2.4
> PER  1   0   1   0   2   2   2    8    3.0
> ATR  0   0   0   3   1   0   0    4    2.3
> SPO  0   0   2   4   2   7   3   18    3.1
>
>
> Starry Skies,
> GWG
>
>
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