(meteorobs) Obs: 21/22 October 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

22 October 2006 07:50-11:10 (CDST 21/22 October 2006 2:50-6:10am)

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

07:50-08:20; 32 degrees F; wind NW 10 mph; many streaks and patches of more or
less thin cloud moving thru; average limiting magnitude 5.2; facing SE 45
degrees; Total teff 0.5 hour (Session truncated because the sky became solid
overcast by 08:25)
Time   mag.   type   comment
07:54  +2     Spor
07:56  +1     ORI    orange
08:05  -2     ORI    yellow; brief train
08:06  +1     ORI    1 second train
08:07  +3     ORI    brief train
08:14  +3     ORI
08:17  +3     Spor
08:19  +3     ORI
Epsilon Geminids: none
Orionids: -2, +1(2); +3(3)
Taurids: none
Sporadics: +2, +3
Total meteors: nine

Break till 09:25 waiting for clouds to go away.

09:25-11:10; 31-28 degrees F; wind NW 10 mph; at various times some streaks and
patches of more or less thin cloud moving thru (sometimes this affected the
train duration); average limiting magnitude 5.7;facing SE 45 degrees;
Total teff 1.75 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
09:25  -3     ORI    yellow; 1 second train
09:26  +4     ORI
09:28  +4     ORI
09:35  +2     ORI
09:36  +3     Spor
09:37  +3     Spor
09:39  +3     Spor
09:40  -1     ORI    2 second train
09:41  -2     ORI    yellow; brief train
09:41  +2     ORI
09:42  +3     Spor
09:44  -1     ORI    yellow; 1 second train
09:45  +2     ORI    orange
09:48  +2     Spor
09:51  +4     Spor
09:53  +3     ORI    0.5 second train
09:54  +4     ORI
09:56  +1     ORI    orange; brief train
10:00  +3     Spor
10:08  +1     ORI
10:10  -1     ORI    orange; 1.5 second train
10:12   0     ORI    1 second train
10:13  +1     ORI
10:14  +2     ORI    brief train
10:16  +3     ORI
10:21  -5     ORI    blue-white; 2 sec. tr; ended one degree above SE horizon
10:27  -1     Spor
10:35  +3     Spor
10:44  +1     ORI    yellow; brief train
10:45  +3     Spor
10:45  +3     ORI    brief train
10:48  +1     ORI
10:51  +4     ORI
10:54  +1     ORI
10:59  +3     Spor   brief train
11:04  -2     ORI    orange; 1.5 second train
11:05   0     ORI    0.5 second train
11:05  +1     ORI    orange; brief train
11:06  +3     Spor
11:08  +4     Spor
11:09  +3     Spor
11:09   0     ORI    brief train
Epsilon Geminids: none
Orionids:-5, -3, -2(2), -1(3), 0(3), +1(7), +2(4), +3(3), +4(4)
Taurids: none
Sporadics: -1, +2, +3(10), +4(2)
Total meteors: forty-two

I was unable to observe any morning October 18, 19, 20, 21 because of rain or
cloud cover.