(meteorobs) Aug 10/11, 2015 PER obs from North Florida

[Paul Jones]

Hi again all,
     In real estate the catchphrase seems to be : "Location, Location,
Location"... In meteor watching, I would say it is: "Sky Condition, Sky
Condition, Sky Condition"!  My watch this morning was yet another study in
how vital dark, clear skies are for the best results.

     Our luck for good weather here in NE Florida held at least one more
day as I was greeted by hard-to-beat skies from "RoofTop One" this
morning.  The LM was a full 6.5 and maybe even just a tad bit better, with
no haze and no fog!  We must have a slice of the Bermuda High sitting over
us as it rarely gets better than it was this morning.

     My results reflected it too, as I was catching faint, short meteors
popping all over the place.  The PERs were clearly picking up their tempo
as well, almost doubling what I saw from the previous morning  and I ended
up with on overall total of 73 meteors with 43 of them being PERs in the
two hour period!  We're getting deeper into that stream, baby...;o)!!

Here's the specific breakout:


Observer:  Paul Jones   Date: Aug. 10/11, 2015, Location: 5 miles SW of St.
Augustine, Florida (Lat: 29.81 N, Long: 81.35 W)  LM: 6.5, Sky Condition:
Clear, Facing: south

0730 - 0830 UT (0330 - 0430 a.m. EDT)  Teff; 1.0 Hour, No breaks

19 PER  -1 (1), 0 (1), +1 (1), +2 (2), +3 (6), +4 (3), +5 (5)
1 SDA    +2
2 ANT    +1 (1), +3 (1)
2 BPE    +2 (1), +3 (1)
1 KCG    +1
1 ERI        0
7 SPO    +3 (3). +4 (3), +5 (1)
33 Total meteors


0830 - 0930 UT (0430 - 0530 a.m. EDT) LM 6.5, Clear, Teff: 1.0 Hour, No
breaks

24 PER   -1 (1), 0 (1), +1 (1), +2 (6), +3 (5), +4 (4), +5 (6)
3 SDA     +1 (1), +3 (1), +4 (1)
2 ANT     +3 (1). +4 (1)
1 BPE      +2
1 ERI        +2
9 SPO      +1(1), +2 (2), +3 (3), +4 (3)
40 Total meteors

Of the 43 PERS observed, 11 left visible trains, 8 of the brighter PERs
showed slight yellowish color.

The PERs appear to be really beginning to pick up now, but it seemed to me
that a higher percentage of the ones I saw were faint meteors this morning.
Every now and then however, a nice bright one would pop also.  Most of the
PERs were evenly spaced, not much "clumping" effect noticed this morning.
The -1 PER in the second hour was a classic, "flasher" - popping and
sparking all along its path and ending in a nice terminal burst.

It was indeed a pleasure this morning to catch my first kappa Cygnid meteor
and I hope many more will be evident for us in the mornings to come, they
are such "wow" meteors indeed!  I also saw a couple more beta Perseids and
caught two nice members of the Eridanid radiant streaking up out of the SE
sky.   Even the post-max SDAs are still in the game putting out a few nice
meteors also.  It really was a full and mixed bag of meteors this morning!

Here's hoping the Bermuda High (or whatever it is) will stick around....

More later and happy hunting, Paul in St. Augustine
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