(meteorobs) Obs: 18/19 November 2006

Mon Nov 20 00:09:45 EST 2006

I am not sure my report went through, so I am sending it again through
this reply.  

 Meteor Observers,

I can say that the Leonid Meteor Shower of 2006 was the worst meteor
shower I have ever seen.  The conditions were perfect Friday night and
Saturday morning the 17th and 18th and we had clear skies all night.
You couldn't ask for a better night.  So I was ready for some Leonids.
I started watching around 03:00UT Nov. 18th and nothing but a few
Taurids and a sprinkling of 0-+2 Leonids. I observed until 09:00UT and
when it didn't look like the Leonids were going to roar, I gave up.  I
can now say The Leonids have been my best meteor shower and now my
worst. The old memories of the Fireballs in 98 and the storm of 2001
where I saw over 2,000 Leonids that amazing morning in West Texas.
Lets just hope the Geminids will come through in December.  

Observer:  David Stine  (Comet - 1)

Date Of Observation:  November 17-18th, 2006  Begin Time:  02:59  End
Time:  09:UT

Location:  Astronomy Club of Tulsa  RMCC(Ronald McDonald Childrens
Charity Observatory)

Located:  35 miles SW of Tulsa, OK

Long.:  96.1471 W.  Lat:  35.8307 N.   Elevation:  322.5609m

Method:  Tape Recorder

Limiting MG:  5.8Mg.

My view was to the East about 40 degrees in altitude, no obstructions

Sky was clear all night, temperature 38-44 degrees.

Showers observered:    N Taurids  (2)  S Taurids (1)  Leonids (6)
Sporadics (2)

Magnitude Distribution:  Sporadics -2(1)  0(1), NTA -1(1) 0(1), STA 0(1)
Leonids 0(3)  +1(2) +2(1)

Hourly Counts:  02:59UT - 03:59UT   -   2  (1 ST,  1 NT)

                      03:59UT - 04:59UT   -   1   (Sporadic)

                      04:59UT - 05:59UT   -   0

                      05:59UT - 06:59Ut   -    1   (Leonid)

                      06:59UT - 07:59UT  -    4   (1 NT, 2 Leonids)

                      07:59UT - 08:59UT  -    3   (1 Sporadic,  3
Leonids)

B reaks:           03:41UT - 04:01UT   Total Minutes  20 minutes

                      04:48UT - 05:30UT   Total Minutes  42 minutes

TOTAL TEFF:  4 hours 58 min.

Period 1  (02:59UT - 03:59UT)

02:59UT - -1Mg NTA - Nice Slow moving out of Taurus

03:04UT - 0Mg STA - Out of Taurus again slow white in color

Period 2 (03:59UT - 04:59UT)

04:22UT - 0Mg Sporadic - From the South to West

Period 3 (04:59UT - 05:59UT)

No meteors seen during this period

Period 4 (05:59UT - 06:59UT)

06:14UT - +2MG - First Leonid of the evening, not to impressive but did
have a 2 second lasting train

Period 5 (06:59-07:59UT

07:10UT - 0Mg. NTA 

07:21UT - +1MG. Leonid, right out of the sickle

07:36UT - +0Mg.  Best Leonid of the night. Fast short train

Period 6 (07:59-08:59UT)

08:00UT - 0 Mg. Leonid

08:12UT - +1 Mg. Leonid

08:22UT - -2MG. Sporadic, by far the best of the night, came out of the
west, green moderate speed no train

08:24Ut -  0 Mg. Leonid,  1 second lasting train

David Stine

Comet - 1

dstine at exposquare.com

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
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Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:47 PM
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Subject: (meteorobs) Obs: 18/19 November 2006

19 November 2006 05:00 - 11:30 UT (CST 18/19 Nov 2006 11:00pm-5:30am)

Paul Martsching
McFarland Park Observatory 4 miles NE of Ames, Story County, Iowa
Long: 93 deg 34 min W   Lat: 42 deg 05 min N   Elevation: 1,040 feet
Method: Visual; paper, pencil and talking clock

05:00-06:00; 30 degrees F; wind North 5 mph; some more or less thin
cloud moving
thru from time to time; average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing East 50
degrees;
Total teff: 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
05:23  +1    NTA
05:31  +4    LEO
05:37  -1    NTA
05:39  +3    Spor
05:42  +3    Spor
05:50  +3    Spor
Alpha Monoceratid: none
Leonid: +4
North Taurid: -1, +1
Sporadic: +3(3)
Total meteors: six

Break: 06:00-07:00 Soon after 06:00 the sky became mostly cloudy.

07:00-08:00; 28 degrees F; wind N 3 mph; "clear"; average limiting
magnitude
5.8; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
07:05  +3     AMO
07:10  +4     Spor
07:18  +4     LEO
07:24  +2     LEO    brief train
07:27  +1     Spor   orange
07:31   0     LEO    3 second train
07:38  +3     LEO    brief train
07:40  -2     Spor   0.5 second train
Alpha Monoceratid: +3
Taurid: none
Leonid: 0, +2, +3, +4
Sporadic: -2, +1, +4
Total meteors: eight

08:00-09:00; 26 degrees F; wind North 3 mph; clear; average limiting
magnitude
5.9; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
08:00   0     STA
08:03  +2     NTA
08:08  +3     Spor
08:12  +2     Spor
08:16  +2     Spor   brief train
08:18   0     LEO    1 second train
08:18  +3     LEO    brief train
08:27  +4     LEO
08:35  +1     Spor
08:45  +3     Spor
08:45  -2     STA
08:47  -2     LEO    yellow; 2 second train
08:52  +2     Spor
Alpha Monoceratid: none
Leonid: -2, 0, +3, +4
North Taurid: +2
South Taurid: -2, 0
Sporadic: +1, +2(3), +3(2)
Total meteors: thirteen

Break: 09:00-09:30

09:30-10:30; 23 degrees F; wind N 2 mph; clear; average limiting
magnitude 5.8;
facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
09:37  +3     AMO
09:38  +3     LEO
09:39  +4     LEO
09:50  +2     Spor
09:51   0     Spor   orange
09:57  +2     Spor
09:59  +4     Spor
10:06  -3     LEO    yellow; 2 second train
10:12  +1     LEO    0.5 second train
10:12  -1     Spor   orange; brief train
10:13   0     Spor   yellow; brief train
10:14  +2     LEO
10:18  +1     LEO    yellow; 1.5 second train
10:20   0     NTA
10:22  +1     LEO    brief train
10:28   0     LEO    yellow; 1 second train
Alpha Monoceratid: +3
North Taurid: 0
Leonid: -3, 0, +1(3), +2, +3, +4
Sporadic: -1, 0(2), +2(2), +4
Total meteors: sixteen

10:30-11:30; 20 degrees F; calm; some freezing fog last half hour (had
to wipe
frost off my glasses several times and got a heavy layer of frost on my
top
blanket); average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing East 50 degrees; Total
teff 1.0
hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
10:36  +2     Spor
10:39  +2     AMO    brief train
10:45  +1     Spor   yellow
10:48  +5     LEO
10:49   0     Spor   yellow
10:51  +1     Spor
10:54  +1     LEO    yellow; brief train
11:00   0     LEO    yellow; 1.5 second train
11:06  +2     LEO    brief train
11:08  -3     LEO    yellow; 4 second train
11:27  +3     Spor
11:28  +2     LEO    brief train
Alpha Monoceratid: +2
Leonid: -3, 0, +1, +2, +5
Taurid: none
Sporadic: 0, +1(2), +2, +3
Total meteors: eleven

The core of the zodiacal light was very bright above the horizon
haze/fog. 
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