(meteorobs) Dec 20/21, 2015 meteor obs from North Florida - abbreviated by clouds

[Paul Jones]

Oops, sorry.  I misfigured the UT correction!  That should be: 0900 - 1000
UT, vice 0800 to 0900 UT.  I guess my brain was back in Daylight Time
again...;o).

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com> wrote:

> With work constraints today, I decided to stay home and get up on the
> meteor roof, vice going out to the potato field to observe.  Without those
> ultra-dark, rural  skies, the corresponding drop in meteors seen was
> predictable.  Still, overall, I did pretty well. considering there was lots
> of cirrus clouds/haze cutting in and out across the sky, too.
> I had 4 DLM, 2 GEM, 1 DSV, 1 XVI and 10 SPO for 18 total meteors in the
> one hour I had before the clouds multiplied and shut me down.
>
> Dec., 20/21 2015 Observer: Paul Jones, Location: 5 miles southwest of St.
> Augustine, Florida
>
> 0400 - 0500 EST (0800 - 0900 UT) LM: Var. - 5.4 to 5.8, Sky Condition: 15%
> cirrus cloud/haze interference, Facing: South
> 4 DLM: +2, +3, +4 (2)
> 2 GEM: +2, +4
> 1 DSV: +2
> 1 XVI: +3
> 10 SPO: -2, 0, +2(2), +3 (4), +4 (2)
> 18 total meteors
>
> The SPOs took center stage for me this morning with two lovely ones
> indeed!  The -2 streaked for 25 degrees through Hydra coming out of the SE
> sky and later in the hour another bright one (zero mag) came up from the
> south through Canis Major/Orion.  No URSs were seen during the watch.  I
> hung around for a few minutes into the second hour looking through holes in
> the clouds hoping for any URS that might show up, but none did.
> I'll give it another go in the morning for the predicted URS max.  If
> clear, I may journey out to the potato field to get the best view.  With
> moonset around 0400 EST in the morning, there is a nice two-hour, dark sky
> window for them to show up in!  I don't think I've ever had a good, dark
> sky look at a URS max before!  After 41 years, it's about time...;o).
>  Will advise...
>
> Clear skies all, Paul J in North Florida
>
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