(meteorobs) Observation: 25/26 Nov

pmartsching at mchsi.com pmartsching at mchsi.com
Sat Nov 26 09:54:46 EST 2005


It was cloudy most of the evening, but it finally cleared so I could get 3 hours
observing in before Moon rise.

UT 26 November 2005 05:00 - 08:00 (CST 25/26 Nov 11:00 pm - 2:00 am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W   Lat: 42 deg 05 min N   Elevation: 318 meters
Method: Visual

Antihelion/Chi Orionids
Sporadics

05:00 - 06:00; 20 degrees F; wind SE 10 mph; no clouds; no snow.
Average limiting magnitude 6.1
Facing East 55 degrees; Total Teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:24  +2     Spor   "fuzzy"; head of U.MAJOR > feet of GEMINI *
05:25  +3     XOR
05:36  +2     Spor
Chi Orionids: +3
Sporadics: +2 (2)
Total meteors: 3
* "fuzzy" meteor had large angular diameter for the brightness

06:00 - 07:00; 20 degrees F; wind SE 7 mph; no clouds; no snow.
Average limiting magnitude 6.1
Facing East 55 degrees; Total Teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:08  +3     XOR
06:28  +3     Spor
06:52  +2     Spor
06:57  +1     XOR
Chi Orionids: +1, +3
Sporadics: +2, +3
Total meteors: 4

07:00 - 08:00; 20 degrees F; wind SE 5 mph; no clouds; no snow.
Average limiting magnitude: 6.1
Facing East 55 degrees; Total Teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment 
07:04  +4     Spor   
07:10   0     Spor   1 sec train
07:10  +2     Spor
07:19  +3     Spor
07:31  +1     XOR    yellow
07:42  +1     Spor   orange
07:53  +5     Spor
07:56  +2     Spor   N Apex
Chi Orionids: +1
Sporadics: 0, +1, +2(2), +3, +4, +5
Total meteors: 8
At 07:27 a bright meteor occurred behind me somewhere in the Western sky.

Magnitude distribution for the 3 hours:
Chi Orionids: +1(2); +3(2)
Sporadics: 0, +1, +2(5), +3(2), +4, +5
Total meteors: 15



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