(meteorobs) Impressive Orionid return above Belgium!

[Koen Miskotte]

Hi Michel,
Well done! I had 1,5 hour clear skies from the Netherlands and a 1 hour 
period with some clouds (but still i think with usefull data). For me the 
first hour was impressive with radiant still low in eastern direction: many 
bright ones with impressive trails. I did see a -4 point meteor Orionid and 
a bright -2 and many -1 , 0 and +1 Orionids. I think I saw during this 
period +100 meteors! Never seen such Orionid activity  since I observed them 
(1979). I also saw the Orionid outburst of 18 october 1993 and 18 october 
1998, but this is really is the best one!
I am really curious what is happening. Work for Peter Jenniskens, Jeremy and 
David???!
Groet,
Koen




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michel Vandeputte" <michelvandeputte at hotmail.com>
To: "meteors" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>; <dms-mail at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:11 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Impressive Orionid return above Belgium!


Stay tunned for the Orionids, US watchers!

Rates still are high with many bright meteors. I think between 30-40 
Orionids/hour. At some moments I saw 2 Orionids at once...
I saw fireballs up to -8 during a seven hour Orionid meteor watch between 
21.35-04.35 UT. Not all 7 hours are useful for data. Sometimes I looked 
through holes between the clouds. Don't forget to watch the earthgrazing 
meteors with low radiant. They were very very impressive!

No time for a short nap ;-). Enjoy the celestial firework and have a nice 
sunday.

Michel.
Belgium.


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