(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 3/16/03, WVa

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Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 3/16/03, WVa
From: George Gliba <gliba@milkyway.gsfc.nasadot gov>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:36:32 -0500
Cc: George Gliba <gliba@milkyway.gsfc.nasadot gov>
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   I was able to get an hour of fairly dark sky meteor watching in up at 
Mountain Meadows, Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mathias, West Virginia on 
Sunday morning, March 15/16, 2003, but meteor activity was pretty sparse. 
From 9:30 to 10:30 UT, with an average of LM=5.5, I saw seven meteors, one 
from the Virginid complex, one Northern Apex, and five sporadics. The best 
meteor seen was the 1st magnitude NPX one seen at 9:43 UT. For a short time 
(~15 min.) the LM reached 5.8 and the Milky Way was pretty good, but the 
moon, haze, and twilight onset limited the darkness period; thus lowering
the overall transparency. It was nice seeing the Summer Triangle in March, 
and the morning planets (Venus and Mars). Comet Juels-Holvorcem was seen with 
15x70 binoculars before I started my meteor watch.

Below is a short breakdown of what meteors were observed.

  Double Date    Time (UT)  LM   VIR  NPX  SPX  SPO  Total   FOV    Comments
Mar.15/16,2003  9:30-10:30  5.5   1    1    0    5     7   18.0+35 moon&twlgt
                                                                     &haze

Magnitude Distribution
     0  1  2  3  4
VIR  0  0  0  1  0
NPX  0  1  0  0  0
SPO  0  0  2  3  0


GWG
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