(meteorobs) NAMN Meteor Report: May 23/24, 2014

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My full report from this morning follows. I was surprised to arrive at 
my site and find four other members of my astronomy club. After a bit of 
socializing and meteor observing discussions, I was able to begin 
observing at 0130 local time (0530 UT).

Almost immediately I recorded my first CAM, a +3 magnitude traveling 
toward the zenith directly out from the radiant. During this first hour 
of observing, the brightest meteor I recorded was a -2.0 magnitude CAM 
(the brightest one I saw all morning). Earlier I reported I thought I 
had seen maybe 15 CAMs, but that was optimistic, as after reviewing my 
notes, it was only 8. But I was hopeful, as the 0300 hour was approaching!

Unfortunately, activity declined quickly to only a handful per hour. The 
remaining two hours netted 4 CAMs each hour, and only one other negative 
magnitude meteor (a -2.0 sporadic).

It was a nice morning though, and I was able to get some of my club 
members out, so no complaints. Below is my report.

-- 
Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
meteors at comcast.net
namn at namnmeteors.org

North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
http://www.namnmeteors.org/


NAMN Meteor Report
May 23/24, 2014
Observer: Mark Davis, Givhans Ferry, South Carolina

Period     Teff    F    LM   CAM  SPO
0530-0630  1.00  1.11  5.72   8    6
0630-0730  1.00  1.11  5.72   4    4
0730-0830  1.00  1.11  5.56   4    6

Magnitude Distribution: Magnitude(n)
CAM  0530-0630 -2(1); +0(1); +1(1); +2(1); +3(2); +4(1); +5(1)
CAM  0630-0730 +1(1); +2(1); +3(2)
CAM  0730-0830 +2(2); +3(2)
SPO  0530-0630 +1(2); +2(1); +3(2); +4(1)
SPO  0630-0730 +1(2); +2(1); +3(1)
SPO  0730-0830 -2(1); +1(2); +2(2); +4(1)

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