(meteorobs) Obs: 24/25 October 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

25 October 2006 09:08-11:08 (CDST 24/25 October 2006 04:08-06:08am)

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; paper, pencil and talking clock

It finally cleared and I got in two hours of observing; modest numbers of
Orionids - none brighter than mag. -1; conditions "fairly decent".

09:08-10:08; 30 degrees F; wind E 10 mph; clear; some noticeable horizon haze;
average limiting magnitude 5.7; facing SE 45 degrees; Total teff 10.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
09:08  -3     NTA    yellow; 0.5 second train
09:11  +3     ORI
09:13  +3     Spor
09:15  +3     ORI
09:17  +1     Spor   yellow; 1 second train
09:20  +2     ORI
09:24  +4     ORI
09:28  +1     ORI    0.5 second train
09:30  +3     ORI
09:32  +3     Spor
09:32  +2     ORI
09:45  +4     Spor
09:52  +3     Spor
09:53  +2     ORI
09:54  -1     Spor   yellow
09:55  +1     ORI    1 second train
10:03  +1     ORI    brief train
10:05  +1     STA    yellow
10:06  +2     ORI    0.5 second train
10:07   0     ORI    1 second train
Orionid: 0, +1(3), +2(4), +3(3), +4
North Taurid: -3
South Taurid: +1
Sporadic: -1, +1, +3(3), +4
Total meteors: twenty

10:08-11:08; 30 deg F; wind East 10 mph; clear with noticeable horizon haze;
average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing SE 45 deg; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
10:15   0     ORI    1 second train
10:19  +2     Spor
10:19  +4     ORI
10:23   0     Spor   1 second train
05:23  -1     ORI    orange; 1 second train
05:24  +1     ORI    1 second train
10:26  +4     Spor
10:31  +3     Spor
10:34   0     Spor   yellow; 0.5 second train
10:35  +1     Spor   0.5 second train
10:37  -1     Spor   0.5 second train
10:43  +1     ORI    brief train
10:43  +2     ORI    0.5 second train
10:46  +3     Spor
10:47  +3     ORI
10:50  +2     Spor
10:56  +1     Spor
10:57   0     ORI    0.5 second train
11:03  -1     STA
11:07  +3     Spor
11:07  +2     ORI
Orionid: -1, 0(2), +1(2), +2(2), +3, +4
South Taurid: -1
Sporadic: -1, 0(2), +1(2), +2(2), +3(3), +4
Total meteors: twenty-one