(meteorobs) Orionids great in far west Texas

[Kim Youmans]

>The strong radiant was the traditional Orionid radiant but
>another weak one seem to be just to the  east
>south-east of Betelgeuse maybe about five degrees.What
>every was going on with the Orionids it was worth stay
>up all night for.

This is exactly how I percieved it, another radiant just as Thomas 
described.

Kim Y.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Dorman" <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:20 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids great in far west Texas


> Hi.All
> Set up after local midnight until 12:30 UT watching
> the Orionids.Things stated off slow but slowly built
> until a hell of a show started around 10:30 UT and was
> still going until the last hand full of stars were in
> the sky around 12:30UT just before sunrise.I was out
> just trying to video an Orionid crossing over the
> Orion Nebula.At times I had two Orionids at a time
> coming in nearly side by side,many with great
> trains.Most Orionid durations were in the 1 to 1.5
> second range with train duration about the same.Most
> Orionids were white but there was a few that were blue
> and blue-white.What the rate was an hour I could not
> say but it had to be well over the predicted average
> for this shower.The coolest  meteor shower I have
> observed since Leonids storm a few years back.One
> other note is that I go a distinct impression that I
> was watching two radiant that was active.The strong
> radiant was the traditional Orionid radiant but
> another weak one seem to be just to the  east
> south-east of Betelgeuse maybe about five degrees.What
> every was going on with the Orionids it was worth stay
> up all night for.Also had a lot of dim Orionids that
> look to be no more than a point source terminal
> flash.Had clear sky with a limiting magnitude of
> around +5.8.As I said was not out count meteors this
> morning just trying to capture a few Orionids on
> video.Wow!What a gas!
> Regards
> Thomas Dorman
> Horzion City,Texas
> N31*39.763'
> W106*10.690'
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