(meteorobs) Obs: 23/24 October 2006
pmartsching at mchsi.com
pmartsching at mchsi.com
Tue Oct 24 15:28:52 EDT 2006
24 October 2006 05:30-11:15 (CDST 23/24 October 2006 12:30-6:15am)
Paul Martsching
McFarland Park 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; pencil, paper and talking clock
Quite a few Orionids, but none brighter than mag. -2; what I would expect for
this date.
05:30-06:30; 24 deg F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.9; facing SE 45
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
05:34 +2 Spor
05:34 0 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
05:40 +3 ORI brief train
05:44 +2 ORI 1 second train
05:47 +1 Spor
05:57 -2 ORI orange; 0.5 second train
05:57 +3 ORI
06:01 -1 Spor
06:02 +3 ORI
06:07 -1 STA yellow
06:10 -1 ORI yellow; 1 second train
06:11 +1 ORI brief train
06:12 +3 Spor
06:15 +1 ORI orange; 0.5 second train
06:17 -2 STA yellow
06:25 +2 ORI
06:27 +2 ORI
06:28 -1 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
Orionid: -2, -1(2), 0, +1(2), +2(3), +3(3)
South Taurid: -2, -1
Sporadic: -1, +1, +2, +3
Total meteors: eighteen
06:30-07:30; 23 deg F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.9; facing SE 45
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
06:45 +2 ORI
06:50 0 ORI yellow; 1 second train
06:52 +4 ORI
07:01 +4 Spor
07:03 -2 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
07:05 +3 ORI
07:09 +2 ORI 0.5 second train
07:10 +4 ORI
07:11 +5 ORI
07:11 +3 ORI
07:16 +3 ORI
07:20 +3 ORI
07:29 +1 NTA orange
Orionid: -2, 0, +2(2), +3(4), +4(2), +5
North Taruid: +1
Sporadic: +4
Total meteors: thirteen
07:30-08:30; 23 deg F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.8; facing SE 45
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
07:35 +3 ORI
07:43 +3 Spor
07:47 +3 ORI
07:51 +3 Spor
07:58 +2 ORI brief train
08:03 +1 STA
08:07 +1 ORI 0.5 second train
08:09 +2 ORI
08:16 +3 Spor
08:19 +4 ORI
08:20 +2 ORI
08:23 +3 ORI
08:27 +3 ORI
08:28 +4 ORI
Orionid: +1, +2(3), +3(4), +4(2)
South Taurid: +1
Sporadic: +3(3)
Total meteors: fourteen
08:30-09:30; 22 deg F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.8; facing SE 45
degrees; Total teff 1.0 hou
Time mag. type comment
08:33 +3 ORI
08:40 +1 ORI
08:43 +1 ORI 0.5 second train
08:44 +4 ORI
08:45 0 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
08:45 +2 Spor
08:48 +3 ORI
08:49 0 ORI orange; 0.5 second train
08:50 +2 ORI 1 second train
08:58 +4 Spor
09:01 +1 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
09:02 0 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
09:05 +5 ORI
09:06 +2 ORI
09:08 0 ORI yellow; 1 second train
09:09 +4 Spor
09:15 +1 Spor
09:21 +1 ORI yellow; brief train
09:22 +3 ORI
09:25 +2 Spor
Orionid: 0(4), +1(4), +2(2), +3(3), +4, +5
Taurid: none
Sporadic: +1, +2(2), +4(2)
Total meteors: fifteen
09:30-10:30; 22 degrees F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.8; facing
SE 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time mag. type comment
09:32 +2 ORI
09:37 +3 ORI
09:39 +1 ORI yellow; brief train
09:41 +2 ORI
09:42 +4 ORI
09:42 +1 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
09:44 +3 ORI
09:49 +1 ORI orange; brief train
09:49 +1 ORI 0.5 second train
09:52 +2 ORI 0.5 second train
09:52 +3 ORI
09:52 +1 ORI 0.5 second train
09:57 +4 Spor
09:58 -1 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
10:06 +3 Spor
10:15 +2 ORI 0.5 second train
10:17 -2 ORI yellow; 2 second train
10:22 +2 Spor
10:24 +1 ORI
10:25 0 ORI yellow; 1 second train
10:26 0 ORI yellow; 1.5 second train
10:26 +1 Spor
10:27 +3 Spor
Orionid: -2, -1, 0(2), +1(6), +2(4), +3(3), +4
Taurid: none
Sporadic: +1, +2, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: twenty-three
10:30-11:15; 21 degrees F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing
SE 45 degrees; Total teff 0.75 hour
Time mag. type comment
10:34 +3 ORI
10:35 +1 ORI 0.5 second train
10:38 0 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
10:40 -2 ORI orange; 1.5 second train
10:41 +1 Spor 0.5 second train
10:43 -1 ORI brief train
10:48 +4 Spor
10:50 -1 Spor orange
10:52 +2 Spor
10:52 +1 ORI 0.5 second train
10:54 +1 ORI orange; brief train
10:58 0 ORI yellow; 0.5 second train
11:00 +2 ORI
11:01 +1 ORI 1 second train
11:06 0 ORI brief train
11:08 -2 ORI orange; 2 second train
11:09 0 Spor yellow
11:14 +4 Spor
11:14 0 ORI brief train
11:14 +3 ORI
Orionid: -2(2), -1, 0(4), +1(4), +2, +3(2)
Taurid: none
Sporadic: -1, 0, +1, +2, +4(2)
Total meteors: twenty
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