(meteorobs) Perseids this morning in Iowa

Tue Aug 11 18:32:05 EDT 2015

I enjoy reading everyone's reports. We do not often get clear skies overnight in the San Francisco bay area - offshore marine layer moves in. So I like to know what I missed. 

Hope for clear skies next Sunday night. A friend is renting the 36" and 40" at Lick! 

Cliff

On August 11, 2015 3:09:14 PM PDT, Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Best of luck to you up in the far, far north as well, Bruce.  Seems no
>matter where we are, we're always and forever at the mercy of the
>weather.
>Down here in NE Florida, we have already lost our grip today on the
>high
>pressure dome that gave us the last two nights so clear.  Looks like we
>will be back to the night by night chess game and trying to outmaneuver
>the
>clouds...:o(.  Maybe we'll get lucky...
>
>Happy hunting, Paul J in St. Augustine
>
>On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Bruce McCurdy <bmccurdy at shaw.ca>
>wrote:
>
>> I second that e-motion. I always enjoy Paul M’s reports, admire their
>> consistency and matter-of-factness.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here in Alberta I’ve been dealing with iffy skies and other life
>> obligations. Two nights ago I saw a single faint Perseid from my
>front deck
>> (and one *very* nice kappa Cygnid), far behind my usual pace that in
>past
>> years has always included a few Perseids before August even starts.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unless the weather forecast is dead wrong (again), I will be heading
>to
>> the dark site tonight with plans to go out tomorrow for peak night as
>well.
>> More to come, hopefully.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> *****
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org [mailto:
>> meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Jones
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2015 11:42 AM
>> *To:* Meteor science and meteor observing
>> *Subject:* Re: (meteorobs) Perseids this morning in Iowa
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Paul M.,
>>
>>       I think you are doing a superb job with your observations,
>Paul.
>> Keep up the good work - don't change a thing!  With the exception of
>my
>> seeing a few more faint meteors due to my better sky conditions, I
>don't
>> think our observations are that far off from one another really.  If
>you
>> look at that 0730 - 0830 UT hour this morning, we had very similar
>results
>> indeed!
>>
>>       There was a bit more of a disparity between us during the 0830
>-
>> 0930 hour, but again many of the PERs I saw that hour were probably
>too
>> faint for your skies.  If you compare our numbers in the brighter
>> magnitudes, again we are not that different.  Also, keep in mind that
>last
>> hour was your fourth hour out and only my second.  I know if it were
>me, my
>> fatigue drop off starting my fourth hour would have cut my observed
>rate
>> down quite a bit and probably would have been much closer to what you
>saw.
>> For being out for four straight hours, you did superbly!  I so envy
>your
>> stamina, Paul.  I'm not sure I could even physically do four hours
>straight
>> of observing anymore...;o).  Even two for me is getting tough... (I
>turn 61
>> on Aug. 16th).
>>
>>       I also envy your amazing luck with seeing fireballs up there! 
>I
>> seem to rarely see them down here in Florida.  I think I may need to
>come
>> up there where you are sometime to catch a few of them myself!  I
>just
>> don't think fireballs like Florida much anymore.  I used to see them
>down
>> here all the time!  Maybe they had a bad experience on one of their
>> vacations down here...;o).  I mean, Disney World and Sea World just
>ain't
>> for everybody, you know...;o).
>>
>>       Keep your awesome reports coming, Paul!  I for one appreciate
>them
>> very much.
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best and happy hunting, Paul J in St. Augustine
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Paul Martsching
><pmartsching at mchsi.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I went out for four hours this morning 01:30 - 04:30 am CDST at
>McFarland
>> Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Iowa, with the following results.
>>
>> 0530 - 0630 UT 11 Aug 2015 64 deg; dew pt 60 deg; wind NW 3 mph;
>clear; LM
>> 5.8; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
>> Perseids: ten: - 2; - 1(2); 0(2); +1; +2(2); +3; +4
>> Beta Perseid: one: +3
>> Sporadics: two: +3(2)
>> Total meteors: thirteen
>>
>> 0630 - 0730 UT 11 Aug 2015 63 deg; dew pt 60 deg; wind NW 6 mph;
>clear; LM
>> 5.8; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
>> Delta Aquarids: - 4; +3
>> Eridanid: one: 0
>> Perseids: six: - 3; -2; +1; +2; +3
>> Sporadics: five: +2; +3(3); +4
>> Total meteors: twelve
>>
>> 0730 - 0830 UT  11 Aug 2015 63 deg; dew pt 59 deg; wind NW 6 mph;
>clear;
>> LM 5.7; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
>> A Capricornid: one: 0
>> Kappa Cygnid: one: +2
>> Perseids: eighteen: - 4(2); - 3; 0(2); +1(3); +2(3); +3(5); +4(2)
>> Sporadics: six: 0; +2; +3(4)
>> Total meteors: twenty-six
>>
>> 0830 - 0930 UT 11 Aug 2015 62 deg; dew pt 59 deg; wind NW 8 mph;
>average
>> LM 5.6; crescent Moon in East; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
>> Eridanid: one: - 2
>> Kappa Cygnid: one: +1
>> Perseids: twelve: - 3; - 1; +1; +2(4); +3(4); +4
>> Sporadics: four: +1; +3; +4(2)
>> Total meteors: eighteen
>>
>> There were quite a few bright Perseids.  The second hour was slow. 
>From
>> time to time during the entire session there were long lulls with no
>> Perseids seen.   The longest duration train was 4 seconds from one of
>the -
>> 4 Perseids.  The - 4 SDA came overhead from the South and was much
>too fast
>> to be an Antihelion or Capricornid.  It had a very narrow wake and no
>train.
>>
>> It appears from other reports that I am missing a lot of faint
>Perseids
>> because of not very good limiting magnitude.  At my age I can't "see"
>the
>> sky better than about 6.2 no matter how good conditions really are,
>so
>> while going to a darker site would help, I still would not see as
>many
>> faint meteors as some other people can.  In spite of this, I will
>continue
>> to go out and observe many of the more active showers as the weather
>> permits.
>>
>> The weather forecast is very good for the next several nights.
>>
>> Paul Martsching in Iowa
>>
>>
>>
>>
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