(meteorobs) Obs: 3/4 November 2007

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

4 November 2007 04:00-06:00 & 06:30-07:30 UT
(CDST 3/4 Nov 11:00-1:00am & 1:30-2:30 am; officially changed from CDST to CST
at 2:00am)

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 & talking clock

04:00-05:00; 47 degrees F; wind SW 17 mph; clear; average limiting magnitude
5.8; facing East 50 degrees; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type   comment
04:07   0     STA
04:20  +2     Spor
04:38  +3     Spor
04:39  +3     Spor
04:49  -5     NTA   orange>blue-white; ended 3 degrees above NE horizon
04:53  -1     STA   yellow
North Taurids: one: -5
South Taurids: two: -1; 0
Sporadics: three: +2, +3(2)
Total meteors: six

05:00-06:00; 45 deg F; wind W 13 mph; clear; aver.lim.mag. 5.9; facing East 50
deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.   type  comment
05:07  +2     Spor  long path; 5 deg below Pollux to 5 degrees above & beyond
                    Polaris; 2 sec. train; very wide train for such a dim meteor
05:11  +3     STA
05:19  +3     Spor
05:26  +4     Spor
05:28  +4     Spor
05:30  +3     ORI   1 sec. train
05:44  +1     Spor
05:44  +2     STA
05:46  +1     Spor  yellow
05:52  -2     NTA   yellow
Orionids: one: +3
North Taurids: one: -2
South Taurids: two: +2; +3
Sporadics: six: +1(2); +2; +3; +4(2)
Total meteors: ten

Half hour break waiting for clouds to pass thru 06:00-06:30

06:30-07:30; 40 deg F; wind W 10 mph; clear; aver.lim.mag. 5.7; facing East 50
deg; total teff 1.0 hour
Time   mag.  type   comment
06:52   0    STA
07:01  +2    Spor
07:05  +3    Spor
07:06  +2    Spor
07:09  +3    STA
07:10  +1    Spor   yellow
07:18  +1    Spor   S Apex sporadic; 1 sec. train
07:25  +1    STA    orange
Orionids: none
North Taurids: none
South Taurids: three: 0; +1, +3
Sporadics: five: +1(2); +2(2); +3
Total meteors: eight