From: David Stine <david [at] exposquare.com>
Date: 9/04/2007 6:48 PDT


I really wasn't expecting too much as the peak was suppose to be
in broad twilight for Tulsa, OK USA but we had some impressive Aurigids.  
I only saw 10, but everyone of them was impressive and bright.  
In fact two of them I would consider daytime meteors.

Date Sept. 1  BEGIN: 9:08UT  END 11:52UT
Observer:  David Stine
Location:  36.154N  95.993W
CITY/STATE:  Tulsa, Oklahoma  ELEV: 650 Ft
Method: Visual/Clock, paper and pencil
Temp: 23 degrees C
Observed Showers:  Aurigids
Observing Periods:
9:08 - 10:08 UT  LM 4.0   No Meteors
10:08 - 11:08    LM 4.0   7 Aurigid
11:08 - 11:52    LM 3.5   3 Aurigids

Mg. Distribution:

+2  (2) Aurigids
+1  (2) Aurigids
-2  (3) Aurigids
-3  (1) Aurigids
-4  (1) Aurigids
-5  (1) Aurigids

Summary

Viewing about 60 degrees to the ENE Limiting Mg. 3.5 - 4.0
Viewed from my backyard in Tulsa, Moon very bright.


9:08UT  Start Observing
9:38UT  Nothing So Far, Castor and Pollux rising over trees
9:38UT  Break
9:48UT  Break over begin observing
10:27UT Iridium Flare at 340 degrees
10:38UT First Aurigid. Impressive, very swift, shot out between Capella
and beta, golden in color, nice train going to the WNW. -2MG.
10:42UT +1 Mg. North of Cassiopeia
10:50UT  -2 Mg. About 10 degress from Capella going WNW
10:58UT  -2 Mg  South side of Auriga, Going below Mars to the south
11:03UT  +2 Mg  Dropped to east below Auriga, twilight starting to come
11:06UT  +1 Mg  Going NW from between Capella and Beta
11:08UT  -3 Mg  Best of Night, leaving long train Out of Auriga
stretching through Orion.
11:16UT  +2 Mg. West side of Capella going West  Twilight bad, Can only
make out 4 stars in Auriga
11:27UT   Capella and Beta all I can see in Auriga
11:36UT  -5Mg  WOW!!!!Going SE from Capella golden in color I would
consider a daylight meteor.  
11:43UT  -4Mg  Another blazer under bright morning twilight.  Can't even
see Capella anymore but know approximately location so I am sure this
was an Aurigid.  
11:52UT  Stopped observing. Too bright.  

Observing Field Obstruction: 30%
Break Time: 10 minutes
TEFF = 2 hrs 44 min
Mean Limiting Mg. 3.5-4.0

Most of the meteors were white with some gold in color.  The brightest
were a strong gold in color.  

I am also sending a report from Steve Chapman who was observing about 20
miles NE of me in Verdigris, Ok. Just his meteors or listed:

I got up kinda late this morning and finally got outside about 10:45UT
and observed to 11:45UT.  Saw 7 Aurigids, most of them bright with half
having moderately long trains. 
10:55UT -1Mg.  Aurigid
11:02UT +2Mg   Aurigid
11:08UT -4MG   Best of Night Aurigid
11:15UT +1 MG  Aurigid
11:23UT 0 MG   Aurigid
11:30UT -4MG   Aurigid
11:35UT -5MG   Auirid Very bright short maybe 20 degree train.  I could
still see Mars and Capella but lost both of them a minute later to
brightening sky.
11:45UT  Stopped