(meteorobs) Perseids this morning

[Paul Martsching]

I went out for three hours this morning with the following results.

McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa 
Long: 93 deg 34 min W  Lat: 42 deg 05 min N  Elevation 1,030 feet (Conservation Center parking lot)

No Alpha Capricornids or Kappa Cygnids were seen.

06 Aug 2015 0630 - 0730 UT; 63 deg F; dew pt 62 deg F; calm; clear; LM 5.2; half lit Moon in East; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour. 
PER: seven: - 4; 0(2); +1(2); +2; +3
SDA: one: +2
Sporadics: two: +3(2)
Total meteors: ten

06 Aug 2015 0730 - 0830 UT; 61 deg F; dew pt 60 deg F; calm; clear; LM 5.1; half lit Moon; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
PER: fifteen: - 5; 0(2); +1(2); +2(7); +3(3)
SDA: one: +3
Sporadics: five: 0; +1(2); +3
Total meteors: twenty-one

06 Aug 2015 0830 - 0930 UT; 61 deg F; dew pt 60 deg F; calm; mostly clear, but during last 15 minutes patches of fog, especially in west/left 1/3 of field of view; average LM 4.8; half lit Moon; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
PER: thirteen: - 2; +1; +2(5); +3(6)
Sporadics: one: +2
Total meteors: fourteen

Paul Martsching