(meteorobs) Obs: 28/29 October 2006

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

29 October 2006 04:45 - 10:15 (CDST 28/29 Oct 2006 11:45pm - 5:15am)
(Officially CDST changed to CST at 2:00 am, but I continued with CDST)

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

04:45-05:45; 32 degrees F; wind calm; during first three hours sometimes clear,
but frequently patches of haze or haze and clouds moving from North to South;
average limiting magnitude 5.7; average cloud cover 5%; facing East 50 degrees;
Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
04:54  +1    Spor
05:09  +4    ORI
05:13  +2    Spor
05:23  +1    Spor   orange
05:27  +3    Spor
05:30  +1    ORI    brief train
05:30   0    STA    yellow
05:39   0    ORI    1 second train
05:39  +1    Spor   yellow
05:42  +3    Spor
Orionid: 0, +1, +4
South Taurid: 0
Sporadic: +1(3), +2, +3(2)
Total meteors: ten

05:45-06:45; 31 deg F; calm; some haze and cloud; average limiting magnitude
5.7; average cloud cover 5%; facing East 50 degrees; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
05:45  -1     Spor
05:49  +1     ORI    brief train
06:06  +2     Spor
06:19   0     Spor
06:23  +3     ORI
06:29  +3     ORI
06:27   0     Spor   yellow
06:34  +2     ORI
06:41  +3     ORI
06:42  +2     Spor
06:44  +4     ORI
06:44  +2     Spor
Orionid: +1, +2, +3(3), +4
Taurid: none
Sporadic: -1, 0(2), +2(3) 
Total meteors: twelve

06:45-07:45; 30 deg F; calm; some haze and cloud; average limiting magnitude
5.7; average cloud cover 5%; facing East 50 deg; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
06:54  +1     ORI    orange; 0.5 second train
06:59  +3     Spor
07:02  +4     Spor
07:10  +4     ORI
07:20  +2     Spor   brief train
07:33  +1     NTA
07:34  +1     Spor
07:36  +1     ORI    brief train
07:43  +1     ORI    0.5 second train
Orionid: +1(3), +4
North Taurid: +1
Sporadic: +1, +2, +3, +4
Total meteors: nine

Break: 07:45-08:15 waiting for sky to improve

08:15-09:15; 29 deg F; calm; clear; average limiting magnitude 5.9; facing East
50 deg; Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
08:15  +2     Spor
08:16  +3     ORI
08:17  -2     Spor   yellow
08:26  +3     Spor
08:27  +2     Spor   0.5 second train
08:32  +3     ORI
08:32  +4     ORI
08:33  +2     ORI    0.5 second train
08:36  -1     ORI    yellow; 1 second train
08:45  +2     Spor   brief train
08:51  +2     Spor
09:00   0     Spor   yellow
09:08  +1     Spor
09:12  +4     Spor
Orionid: -1, +2, +3(2), +4
Taurid: none
Sporadic: -2, 0, +1, +2(4), +3, +4
Total meteors: fourteen

09:15-10:15; 28 deg F; calm; clear; limiting magnitude 5.9; facing East 50 deg;
Total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
09:17  +2    ORI    brief train
09:31  +3    ORI    brief train
09:32  -1    Spor   1.5 second train
09:35  +3    Spor
09:37  -2    NTA    yellow
09:41  +4    Spor
09:42  +4    ORI
09:42  +3    Spor
09:50  +3    Spor
09:53  +3    STA
09:58  +3    ORI
10:01  +4    Spor
10:11  +3    ORI
Orionid: +2, +3(3), +4
North Taurid: -2
South Taurid: +3
Sporadic: -1, +3(3), +4(2)
Total meteors: thirteen