(meteorobs) Taurids, WVa, 10/30/05
George Gliba
gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Oct 31 10:47:56 EST 2005
Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
October 29/30, 2005
We had almost perfect transparency for Sunday morning from our cabin
at Mountain Meadows, West Virginia. The temperature was 23 deg. F. with
a wind chill near 0 deg. F. Like other meteor observers, I noticed more
Southern than Northern Taurids. The best meteor seen was a beautiful -3
magnitude STA fireball, seen casually while binocular observing, at 8:16
UT. It had a green nucleus, a yellow corona with red sparks, and was
bifurcated. Several late Orionids were also spotted, and many sporadics
were seen. During three hours of formal meteor observing, from 4 to 7 UT,
69 meteors were observed and recorded. Below is a short breakdown of what
was seen:
Time (UT) LM %Obst. NTA STA ORI NPX SPX SPO Total FOV Comments
04:00-05:00 6.5 0% 4 4 1 2 0 15 26 2.5+10 clear
05:00-06:00 6.5 0% 1 3 3 1 2 11 21 3.5+10 clear
06:00-07:00 6.5 0% 2 3 3 2 1 11 22 4.5+10 clear
Magnitude Distribution (04:00-07:00 UT)
0 1 2 3 4 5 Total Ave.
NTA 0 3 2 1 1 0 7 2.0
STA 1 3 4 2 0 0 10 1.7
ORI 0 1 3 1 2 0 7 2.6
NPX 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 2.6
SPX 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.7
SPO 0 5 9 11 7 5 37 2.9
Happy Halloween,
GWG
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