(meteorobs) Re: Orionids in bright Moon light

[Robert Lunsford]

Paul,

Glad to hear that someone was out. Your observations indicate a very 
respectable Orionid display. Even with such low LM's, your data is still 
useful!

No luck getting out to view from San Diego due to fog/drizzle at home and 
higher clouds in the mountains.

Clear Skies!

Bob Lunsford


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pmartsching at mchsi.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 2:42 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids in bright Moon light


> No one seems to have posted anything about the Orionids the past two 
> mornings.
>
> A summary of my observations: (4 miles NE of Ames, Story Co, Iowa, USA)
>
> 21 October 2005 (average limiting mag. ~4.5; waning gibbous Moon)
> 07:00-08:00 UT  3 ORI;  1 SPOR
> 08:00-09:00 UT  10 ORI; 3 SPOR
> 09:00-10:00 UT  9 ORI;  3 SPOR
> 10:00-11:00 UT  11 ORI; 6 SPOR
>
> 22 October 2005 (average lim. mag. ~4.5 08:00-09:00; ~4.7 (09:15- 11:15)
> 08:00-09:00 UT  7 ORI;  1 SPOR  09:00-09:15 Break: band of clouds moving 
> thru.
> 09:15-10:15 UT  11 ORI; 2 SPOR
> 10:15-11:15 UT  5 ORI;  4 SPOR
>
> The morning of 21 Oct no Orionids brighter than mag. -2.
> The morning of 22 Oct during the last hour two Orionids mag. -5 with 
> trains
> lasting 6 and 5 seconds in the bright Moon light.
>
> I used a black umbrella to block the bright Moon light both mornings.  It 
> is
> extremely helpful!!  (The Moon light glares very badly on my glasses.  I
> normally wear trifocals, but I have a pair of "astro" glasses with my 
> distance
> correction and very large lenses which I use for meteor observing.)
>
> Perhaps because of the bad limiting magnitudes the data isn't very useful, 
> but I
> thought it was well worth going out.
>
> Paul Martsching