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(meteorobs) Lyrids Apr.24/25, WVa


                 Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                        West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                   Post-Maximum Lyrids - April 24/25, 2004

   We were lucky to have a few hours of pretty good conditions at Mountain
Meadows, in West Virginia to see a few post maximum Lyrids. We were also
hoping to see comets C/2004 F4 Bradfield and C/2002 T7 LINEAR in the morning
sky, but clouds moved in after 3:30am EDT and put an end to that hope. From
4 to 7 hours UT, I was able to see 26 meteors, only four of which were Lyrids.
The best Lyrid was seen casually at 7:32 UT, when I was taking down the 20-
inch Dob. It was 0 magnitude and had a beautiful blue-green color. This was
the best meteor of the night, which I was luckly to look up at and see during 
a break in the increasing clouds.  Anyway, below is a brief breakdown of my 
meteor observations.

  Time (UT)  LM  %Obst. LYR  SAG  NPX  SPX  SPO Total   FOV      Comments
  4:00-5:00  6.2   0%    1    3    0    0    5    9   17.5+35  moonset ~4:30
  5:00-6:00  6.0   0%    2    1    0    0    4    7   18.0+30    some haze
  6:00-7:00  6.1   0%    1    2    2    1    4   10   18.5+40      "    "


Magnitude Distribution - 4 to 7 UT
     0  1  2  3  4  5  Total Ave.
LYR  0  0  2  1  0  1    4   3.0
SAG  1  2  1  0  1  1    6   2.2
NPX  0  1  0  0  1  0    2   2.5
SPX  0  0  0  0  1  0    1   4.0
SPO  0  0  1  8  2  2   13   3.3


GWG

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