(meteorobs) Obs: 27/28 October 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

28 October 2006 05:30-10:15 (CDST 27/28 October 2006 12:30-5:15am)

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; paper, pencil and talking clock

05:30-06:30; 42 deg F; wind NW 10 mph; streaks and patches of very thin cloud
moving thru N to S at various times (4th magnitude stars could be seen thru most
of it); average limiting magnitude 5.6; facing SE 45 degrees; Total teff 1.0 
hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:40   0     NTA
05:48  +4     ORI
05:53  +1     Spor
05:56  +1     NTA
05:57  +4     Spor
06:05  +3     ORI
06:07  +3     Spor
06:16  +2     Spor
06:17  -1     NTA    yellow
06:25  +2     Spor
Orionid: +3, +4
North Taurid: -1, 0, +1
Sporadic: +1, +2(2), +3, +4
Total meteros: ten

06:30-07:30; 40 deg F; wind NW 10 mph; streaks and patches of very thin cloud
moving thru; average limiting magnitude 5.6; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:35  +2     ORI
06:42  -3     Spor   yellow
06:47  +3     Spor
07:03  +3     ORI    brief train
07:11  +4     ORI
07:16  +1     STA
07:17  +1     Spor
07:27  +2     Spor
07:27  +2     ORI
07:29  +1     Spor   0.5 second train
Orionid: +2(2), +3, +4
South Taurid: +1
Sporadic: -3, +1(2), +2, +3
Total meteors: ten

Break: 07:30-08:15 waiting for sky conditions to improve.

08:15-09:15; 35 deg F; wind NW 10 mph; some streaks of thin cloud; average
limiting magnitude 5.6; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
08:27  +2     Spor
08:28  +2     Spor
08:23  +3     ORI
08:40  +1     ORI    brief train
08:41  +3     Spor
08:45  -1     STA
08:55  +3     Spor
08:55  -1     STA    yellow
08:58   0     Spor
08:58  +2     ORI    orange; 0.5 second train
09:09  +4     ORI
09:11  +3     ORI
Orionid: +1, +2, +3(2), +4
South Taurid: -1(2)
Sporadic: 0, +2(2), +3(2)
Total meteors: twelve

09:15-10:15; 33 deg F; wind NW 10 mph; some patches of very thin haze moving
thru first 45 minutes; more generalized very thin haze moving in last 15
minutes; average limiting magnitude 5.5; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
09:16  +4     Spor
09:19   0     Spor   orange
09:23  +2     ORI
09:25  +3     Spor
09:27  +3     ORI
09:30  +3     ORI
09:35  +3     Spor
09:39  +1     Spor   yellow
09:52  +1     ORI    orange; brief train
10:00  +1     ORI    yellow; brief train
10:12  +2     Spor
Orionid: +1(2), +2, +3(2)
Taurid: none
Sporadic: 0, +1, +2, +3(2), +4
Total meteors: eleven

Quit because of worsening sky conditions.