(meteorobs) Lyrids 4/23/15 - Mathias, WVa

[Paul Zeller]

  I was able to get two hours of observing in on the morning of April 23.
Though I only saw 6 Lyrids in that time (with LM of about 5.1 mag. from the
suburbs of Indianapolis) I saw what others seem to be reporting ... long
periods of no activity along with short bursts of activity, and most of the
Lyrids seen were bright ... 0.0 to -2.0 mag. My notes for that night are on
my digital recorder but I'll transcribe them over the weekend.
On Apr 23, 2015 3:34 PM, "george" <gwgliba at gmail.com> wrote:

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>          Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
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>                        Mathias, West Virginia
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> I was able to get in another two hours of Lyrid meteor observing this
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> morning and rates were higher than expected near the end of the second
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> period during an apparent mini-outburst. Under clear skies from 6:00
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> to 8:00 UT, with a LM=6.5, I was able to see 25 Lyrids, but 14 of these
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> Lyrids were seen during a brief 12 minute mini-outburst from 7:44 to
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> 7:56 UT. The best Lyrid was a nice -2 Lyrid seen at 7:38 UT that had a
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> 2 second train and a yellow-orange-blue color. The average Lyrid was 2.8
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> magnitude and yellow in color. It was also fun seeing the new nova below
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> the lid of the teapot with the naked-sys at 5th magnitude.
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>   Date   Time (UT)  Teff   FOV    LM  Obst. SLE ANT LYR ACE SPO Total
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> 04/23/15 6:00-7:00  1.0  18.5+70  6.5   0%   1   1   5   1   5   13
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> 04/23/15 7:00-8:00  1.0  19.5+70  6.5   0%   0   6  20   1   9   36
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> Magn. Distributions April 23, 2015 - 06:00-08:00 UT - LM=6.5
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>      -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
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> SLE   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    1    3.0
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> ANT   0   0   0   1   3   0   3   0    7    2.7
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> LYR   1   0   2   3   3   6   4   6   25    2.8
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> ACE   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0    2    2.5
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> SPO   0   0   0   2   4   1   2   5   14    3.3
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> Starry Skies,
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> GWG
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