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(meteorobs) July 9, 2003 Meteor Observations from California

I thought I still had a session to be posted but did not come across it
until I
opened my observing case to head out on July 28. Oh well, better late than
never!

This was a short two hour session in which fifteen meteors were recorded.
Plots revealed five of the fifteen meteors coming from a radiant near the
third magnitude star Epsilon Cygni.

July 9, 2003

0930-1030 UT  0.95  6.25  0   JPE   1  SPX  0  NPX   6 SPO   7 TOTAL

1030-1130 UT  0.94  6.13  0   JPE   0  SPX  1  NPX   7 SPO   8 TOTAL

TOTALS:          1.89  6.19  0   JPE   1  SPX  1  NPX  13 SPO  15 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 at an
altitude of 50 degrees during the entire session. No breaks were taken. JPE
= July Pegasids, SPX = Southern Apex, NPX = Northern Apex, 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: 55 F (13 C) 63%
Ending         "         "        "                        54 F (12 C) 70%

MAGNITUDES:

SPX:    0 (0) +1 (0) +2 (0) +3 (0) +4 (0) +5 (1) +6 (0)  AVE: +5.00
NPX:   0 (0) +1 (0) +2 (0) +3 (0) +4 (1) +5 (0) +6 (0)  AVE: +4.00
SPO:    0 (1) +1 (0) +2 (2) +3 (5) +4 (4) +5 (1) +6 (0) AVE: +3.08

Bob Lunsford
San Diego, CA USA


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