(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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