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(meteorobs) May 5/6 Observations (YOUKI)



     Tonight's (Saturday morning) attempt at observing the ETAs one night after the peak proved to be an exercise in frustration.  I awoke two minutes before the alarm went off, so I switched it off to keep my wife from waking up...then I went promptly to sleep again!  I did manage to get up at 3:00 local time and, spouting expletives, I rushed out to my site.
     The skies were somewhat clear (hazy) when I arrived but the haze got worse and worse
during the first hour until, at 5:00, with Sagittarius and Scorpio hidden in the murk, I gave up.  I did have 1.2hrs usable Teff with no obstructions (other than the haze) so I herewith
present the report for that period.  No SAGs and few ETAs were seen, but that was expected given the lousy LM's I had.  I did see another horizon-level -2 ETA tonight, and it was the highlight of the short session.
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OBSERVER:  Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI)  DATE:05-05/06-00
BEGIN: 07:30UT  END 08:45UT  LOCATION:  Treutlen Co, Ga.
82. 24' 25" W;  32. 24' 45" N   METHOD: Tape
Elev 240 ft  Facing Southeast
1 period, sky 0% obscured, 0 breaks

Period 1  07:30 - 08:45 UT  SPO(8) ETA(3)
Dead time = 3 Teff = 1.20  F = 1.00
Solar Long. 46.103x Avg LM = 5.66

Limiting Magnitudes

07:45 UT  (IMO 13)+5.72  (IMO 11)+5.79
08:15 UT  (IMO 13)+5.72  (IMO 14)+5.87
08:40 UT  (IMO 13)+5.49  (IMO 14)+5.39

Center FOV - Midperiod (UT)
Period 1 18hrs 22min +18

Showers Observed
ETA(3)   337x   -1x
SAG(0)   238x   -18x
SPO(8)
APX(0)  20hr 53min  -17

Mag Distribution
Period 1
ETA(3  -2(1)                   +3(1)       +5(1)
SPO(8)      -1(1) +1(2) +2(2)  +3(2)       +5(1)
 

Meteor Data

Period 1
(Time UT, Shower,Mag, Speed, DCV  Meteor ID
01  07:35   SPO   +2      1
02  07:39   SPO   +2      2   20x     1
03  07:39   SPO   +3      3
04  07:52   SPO   +3      3   15x     2
05  07:57   SPO   +5      2   15x     3
06  08:07   SPO   +1      3   20x     4
07  08:08   SPO   -1      2   25x     5
08  08:12   SPO   +1      5
09  08:33   ETA   +3      4
10  08:39   ETA   -2      4
11  08:45   ETA   +5      4

Remarks:  Haze forced me to cancel after one period.