(meteorobs) Camelopardalid meteors from southern Maryland

[Richard Taibi]

I saw three 'CAMs' this morning during a 3.15 hour watch this morning and a fourth as I was arranging my equipment before the watch.  The meteors were faint: +3 (3) and +4,  and very slow as predicted.  They visibly disintegrated as they occurred, leaving a 'grainy' trail.  There were no long enduring trains seen among the four. Date and time: 24 May 2014; 5:09-8:30 UT (1:09-4:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time)Location: Bel Alton, Maryland, USA: approx. 77 W longitude and 38.5 N latitude.  Elevation about 10 meters             The sky was cloudless and very transparent but not very dark.  The Milky Way was prominent and spanned the sky from about Cassiopeia to the southern horizon.  The northern horizon was light polluted from Washington, D.C. and suburbs' lights.  Period 1: 509-615 UT, Teff=1.100 hour; F=1.00; Lm= 5.05 magnitude, center of field= Bootes to Northern Crown        CAMs: none          SPOs: +2 magnitude          Total= 1Period 2: 6:24-7:04 UT, Teff=0.667 hour, F=1.00, Lm=4.90, center of field=central Bootes        CAMs: +4         SPOs: +2, +3, +4        Total= 4Period 3: 7:07-8:30 UT, Teff=1.383 hour, F=1.00, Lm=4.90, center of field= "Keystone" of Hercules         CAMs: +3 (2)          SPOs: -6 at 8:11 UT seen between Scorpius and Libra low in the southwest.          Total= 3Even though the observed CAMs were few, the greatest number were seen close to the 7-8 hr.UT "maximum" predicted.The three were seen in the interval between 6:43 and 8:20 UT. A report will be sent to the American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Organization 
 		 	   		  
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