(meteorobs) Observations November 16/17 from Oregon

[Wes Stone]

I got out for 1.5 hours of Teff this morning. Skies were decent when they 
were clear, but variable thick cloudiness was moving through for most of the 
session. Clouds were scattered enough that I only had to take one 5-minute 
break. Activity was ho-hum; Leonid rates were fairly low with only 9 seen 
during the session. There were also 14 sporadics, 3 Taurids and an Alpha 
Monocerotid for a total of 27 meteors.

A 20-minute dead period when the skies were nice and clear was a bit 
exasperating. The best meteor of the session was a yellow -3 Leonid 
streaking southward.

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2006 November 16/17

Totals (1140-1316 UT)
Teff: 1.50 (Note: 5-minute break from 1145-1150 due to clouds)
F: 1.20
LM: 6.8
NTA: 1
STA: 2
AMO: 1
LEO: 9
Spo: 14
Total meteors: 27

Magnitude Distributions
NTA: +3(1)
STA: 0(1), +1(1)
AMO: +2(1)
LEO: -3(1), +1(1), +2(3), +3(2), +4(2)
Spo: 0(1), +1(2), +2(7), +3(3), +5(1)

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Wes Stone
Chiloquin, OR
http://skytour.homestead.com