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(meteorobs) May 6 observation from Oregon
The clouds didn't get here as planned; still, I had a hard time getting out of bed in the morning
even with the clear skies. I wound up dozing until 3:40am PDT (1040 UT); then hurried out
for a 45-minute watch. The skies were better than last night, with much better contrast in the
Milky Way. Mean LM was 6.5; probably sleepy eyes knocked down my star counts. There was
a faint pillar where the Moon was about to rise, but no real problems until twilight was advanced.
In 0.75 hours of Teff between 1055-1140 UT, I saw:
6 Eta Aquarids (mean magnitude 1.8)
4 Sporadics (mean magnitude 3.5)
The highlight of the watch should have been a -1 earthgrazing ETA that went low along the
southern horizon; unfortunately, I was facing northeast and just caught it out of the corner
of my eye. Later, a magnitude 0 ETA took a higher path in the south; I was able to enjoy
this one, as well as a magnitude 2 ETA that shot over my head. 4 of the ETAs left wakes
or trains.
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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
http://skytour.homestead.com
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