(meteorobs) Observation October 8/9 2006

[Pierre Martin]

Hi all,

Here's an old report.  On the evening of October 8, I observed around  
the time of a possible Draconid radioburst as pointed Mikhail  
Maslov.  In about 2 hours with a low radiant, I did not see any  
possible visual Draconids.  In fact, with the Moon so bright, meteor  
activity in general was very low.  Thin clouds were a nuisance during  
the entire second hour.  As a result, just three ordinary sporadics  
were seen.

Clear skies,

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario


DATE: October 8/9 2006
BEGIN: 0310 UT (2310 EDT)  END: 0530 UT (0130 EDT)
OBSERVER: Pierre Martin (MARPI)
LOCATION: Long: -75.063 West; Lat: 45.269 North  Elevation: 300 ft
City & Province: Boundary road, Ontario, CANADA
RECORDING METHOD: talking clock/tape recorder, plotting
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:________________________________________radiant  
position
		GIA (Draconids)__________________________17:28 +54
		SPO (sporadics)
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen;  / = shower not observed

PERIOD(UT)_FIELD____Teff__F_____LM_____SPO__GIA

0310-0411__2242+56__1.00__1.00__5.00____2____0
0411-0530__0013+62__1.28__1.11__5.00____1____0

TOTALS:_____________2.28________________3____0  =  3

Note: The first column (Period UT) refers to observing periods broken  
down as close as possible to one hour of true observing, in Universal  
Time. The second column (Field) is the area in in the sky where I  
centered my field of view. The third column (TEFF) represents  
effective observing time (corrected for breaks or any time I did not  
spent looking at the sky).  The next column (LM) is the average naked  
eye limiting magnitude, determined by triangle star counts. All  
following columns indicate the number of meteors for each shower  
observed.
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER
______+2__+3______AVE

SPO____1___2_____+2.67

Note: Magnitude -8 is comparable to a quarter moon, magnitude -4 with  
the planet Venus, magnitude -1 with the brightest star Sirius,  
magnitude +2 to +3 with most average naked eye stars and magnitude +6  
to +7 are the faintest stars the naked eye can see under typical dark  
conditions. A meteor of at least magnitude -3 is considered a  
fireball. The above table contains the magnitudes from all observed  
meteors, and the average (last column) for showers.
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SKY OBSCURED (FOV): 10% from 4:30-5:30 UT

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Dead time: 3 min (breaks)

Breaks (UT): 3:58-59, 4:34-36