(meteorobs) Observations 28OCT05 Coweta, OK

[Bill Godley]

Spent only a short time observing due to work
obligations but was rewarded by my first Taurid
fireball that travelled slowly S to N and ended in a
bright terminal burst.  The bright, slow meteor with
Mars not far away facilitated tracing it back to the
STA radiant.

DATE: Oct 27/28, 2005  BEGIN: 07:20 UT  END: 08:05 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/ tape recorder

OBSERVED SHOWERS: ORI, STA, NTA

OBSERVING PERIODS:

PERIOD       F     LM    STA  SPO

07:20-08:05  1.05  5.0    1    2

MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION:

      -4  -3  -2  -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5
      -------------------------------------
STA    1   
SPO                   1       1

OBSERVING FIELD OBSTRUCTION:

5% entire duration of count

FOV generally centered due S 60-70 degrees

DEAD TIME: 0 minutes
BREAKS: 
TEFF = 0.75 hrs

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 5.0

METEOR DATA:
                            SPEED
#     TIME(UT) SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)  COLOR  TRAIN(SEC)
---------------------------------------------------
1	7:36	SPO	+2    4
2	7:44	STA	-4    1    White
3	8:03	SPO	+0    3


NOTES:

Bright terminal burst on meteor #2.



	
		
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