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(meteorobs) April 27, 2003 Meteor Observations From California



I'm a bit behind in my posting. Sorry for the delay.

It was another slow session under the morning stars. I counted only seven
meteors during the two hour watch. I'll agree that I was not the most
alert person outside at this time but I was not asleep. I managed to see one
left over straggler from the Lyrid shower. All other were sporadic. It was a
cold and wet session, not the most enjoyable when activity was so low. It
would  have been unbearable without the electric blanket.

April 27, 2003

0857-0959 UT   1.00   6.90   0  LYR    3  SPO   3  TOTAL

0959-1101 UT   1.00   6.87   1  LYR    3  SPO   4  TOTAL

TOTALS:           2.00   6.88   1  LYR    6  SPO   7  TOTAL

The first column gives the period watched stated in Universal Time (UT)
which is PDT + 7 hours. The second column gives the percent of that
particular hour actually spent observing the sky. The third column gives the
average limiting magnitude estimated during each period. The last several
columns list the activity seen during each period. I was facing east
southeast
at an altitude of 50 degrees during the entire session. No breaks were
taken.
LYR = Lyrids and SPO = Sporadics (random activity).

Location: Deerhorn Valley 116 45' 21" W 32 41' 21" N ELE = 667 m

Bortle Scale Estimate: Class 3, Rural Sky

Beginning Temperature/Relative Humidity:   36F  (2 C)  73%
Ending             "                "             "          38 F (3 C)  82%

MAGNITUDES:

LYR:  0 (0) +1 (0) +2 (0) +3 (0) +4 (1) +5 (0) +6 (0)  AVE:  +4.00
SPO:  0 (2) +1 (0) +2 (0) +3 (2) +4 (1) +5 (1) +6 (0)  AVE:  +2.50

Bob Lunsford
San Diego, CA USA

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