(meteorobs) Observations 18/19Nov2007 Coweta, OK USA

[Bill Godley]

I feel like I am hogging much of the Leonids as it appears bad weather has hampered many on the list.  Luckily, cloudy skies yesterday cleared long enough over night to allow another decent session here SE of Tulsa.  Cirrus was creeping in when I ended the count and when I awoke to head to work the sky was completely cloudy.

I hope I am as lucky for the Geminids and that said luck rubs off on anyone who was shaking their fist at the clouds the last few nights.


DATE: 18/19NOV2007  BEGIN: 08:00 UT  END: 09:30 UT
OBSERVER: Bill Godley
LOCATION: Long 95:57:44 W; Lat 35:56:52 N
CITY/STATE: Coweta, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 ft
METHOD: Visual w/ digital voice recorder and talking clock
TEMP (Avg): 11 degrees C

OBSERVED SHOWERS:  NTA, STA, IAU, AMO, LEO, SPO

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD,        F,    LM,  NTA,  STA,  IAU,  AMO,  LEO,  SPO
08:00-09:30,  1.05,  5.2,    0,     1,      1,       1,       7,       6

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:
        -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1,  0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
        ------------------------------------------------------------
NTA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,
STA  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,   1,   0,   0,   0,
IAU    0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   1,   0,   0,   0
AMO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,   1,   0,   0
LEO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  1,   3,   1,   1,   0,   0
SPO  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   2,   2,   1,   1,   0

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:

5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered at RA 8h 00m Dec +05

DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: none
TEFF = 1.50 hrs

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.2

METEOR DATA:
                            
#,    TIME(UT), SHOWER, MAG,  SPEED,  COLOR,    TRAIN(SEC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1,      08:00,      IAU,         +2,          3,
2,       08:20,     SPO,       +2,           3,
3,       08:22,     SPO,        +3,          4,
4,       08:33,     LEO,        +1,           4,
5,      08:39,      LEO,         +3,          4,
6,      08:41,      SPO,        +4,          4,
7,      08:43,      LEO,         -1,           4,           none,        2-sec
8,      08:47,      LEO,          0,           5,    
9,      08:49,      SPO,         +1,          4,
10,    08:57,      SPO,         +2,          3,
11,    09:06,      AMO,        +3,          4,
12,    09:16,      LEO,         +1,          4,
13,    09:16,       SPO,        +1,          4,
14,    09:19,      STA,         +2,          2,
15,    09:19,      LEO,         +2,          4,
16,    09:26,      LEO,         +1,          4,         none,         wake

NOTES:


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