(meteorobs) Perseids this morning

[Robert Lunsford]

Paul,

Those are darn good Perseid rates for the 6th, especially with a half-illuminated moon in the sky. Thanks for sharing your data with us!

Bob

---- Paul Martsching <pmartsching at mchsi.com> wrote: 
> 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
> 
> 
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