(meteorobs) Perseids 8/13/15 - Mathias, WVa

[george]

                  Screech Owl Hill Observatory,  Mountain Meadows  
                         Mathias, West Virginia - August 13, 2015  

We had great conditions last night and may have caught the actual peak 
as there were several fireballs seen from 7:00 to 7:42 UT of -5, -3, -4, and 
-6 magnitudes. The last three were seen from 7:19 to 7:42 UT (23 minutes). 
The -6 had a yellow-blue-green color and a long duration 40 second train!  
I saw 82 Perseids the first hour and 81 the second hour. The ZHR must have 
been near 90. The LM was around 6.6 for both hours. At the end of the second 
session the Screech Owls became active. It was the best Perseids I have seen
since 1967 (in 48 years).

 Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.    FOV  
8/13/15   5:50-6:50    6.6       0%    2.0+63 
KCG  ANT  SDA  PAU  PER  ERI  BPE  SPO  Total 
  0       3        1       0      82      1      1       7       95

 Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.    FOV  
8/13/15   6:50-7:50    6.6       0%    3.0+63
KCG  ANT  SDA  PAU  PER  ERI  BPE  SPO  Total 
  1       2        1       0      81      1      2       7       94    


Magn. Distributions August 13, 2015 - 05:50-07:50 UT - LM=6.6,  0% Obst.
         -6   -5   -4   -3   -2   -1    0    1    2    3    4    5   Total   Ave.
KCG  0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    1    0    0        1     3.0
ANT   0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    1    2    2    0        5     3.2
SDA   0    0    0    0    0     0    0    1    1    0    0    0        2     1.5
PAU   0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0    0    0        0     N/A
PER   1    1    1    1    8    11  20  22  32  31  23  12   163     1.8
ERI    0    0    0    0    0      1    0    0    0    0    1    0       2     1.5 
BPE   0    0    0    0    0      0    0    0    0    3    0    0       3     3.0
SPO  0    0    0    0     0     0    0    0    0    4    5    5      14     3.0

Starry Skies,
GWG