(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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