Observations May 11th, '13 TDS

Meteor Observation Session: May 11th, '13 TDS

Info
May 11th, '13 TDS
2013-05-12 03:25:00 » 2013-05-12 08:25:00
17 min.
Counting
Location
1210.442 meters
32.64 °
-116.321 °
East
Meteor 1 - 20:33, 2d Mag, Medium speed - West to East through foot area of Ursa Major, Short duration; Meteor 2 - 21:41, 1st Mag. Medium speed - North to Southeast 3° east of Arcturus in Bootes; short duration; Meteor 3 - 21:50, 3d Mag. Fast speed - Southwest to Northeast 2° west of head of Draco; 5° long trail. Meteor 4 - 21:50, 3d Mag. Fast speed - Southeast to Northeast 1° west of head of Draco; 5° long trail.; 2 meteors in succession. Meteor 5 - 22:22, 2d Mag, Medium speed - North to South 1° east of the head of Serpens Caput; Short trail. Meteor 6 - 22:50, -1 Mag, Slow speed -Northeast to Southwest in Virgo 2° east of Saturn; Short trail. Meteor 7 - 23:18, -6 Mag Light Yellow Color, Fast speed, ¼ sec. trail visable, West to Northeast passing between Rastaban, Eltanin and Grumium in the head of Draco; Short duration & trail totaling 4-5 ° in length. Meteor 8 - 23:49, 1st Mag. Medium speed - Southwest to Northeast 3° south of Vega into Cygnus; very long 15° trail. Meteor 9 - 23:53, 2d Mag. Medium speed - South to North passing into Hercules; short duration. Meteor 10 - 23:57, 0 Mag. (ELY), Pale Green Color, Medium speed, ¼ sec. trail visable - South to North from Cygnus into Cepheus; 3° east of Alderamin; very long 10° trail. Meteor 11 - 00:12, -1 Mag. (ELY) Pale GreenColor, Medium speed ¼ sec. trail visable - South to North from Cygnus into Cepheus; 2° west of Alderamin; very long 10- 12° trail.
Meteors
Period Sporadic Eta Lyrids TOTAL
03:00 » 4:00 1 - 1
04:00 » 5:00 3 - 3
05:00 » 6:00 2 - 2
06:00 » 7:00 4 - 4
07:00 » 8:00 - 2 2
TOTAL 10 2 12

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