(meteorobs) weekend observations (OCA - GIA)

[Kim Hay]

On 8 Oct 2007 at 19:06, Michel Vandeputte wrote:

Good going Michel,

We went camping for our Canadian Thanskgiving weeked, to Sandbanks 
Provincial park in Ontario.

We had scope, binos' and maps ready to do some observing , and  I had 
my meteor maps and tape recorder ready to go.

Friday evening at the beach, we could hear the gentle laps of waves 
on the beach,  we watched Jupiter and Arcturus sink into the SW cloud 
bank, watched several sporadic meteors go down the milky way, and a 
couple of satellites.

However,  later that evening, the  clouds came and decided they like 
the park so much they stayed.  I did see Venus and the moon on 
Saturday am between the tree braches and clouds. 

We were treated to a beautiful sunset on Saturday evening, dancing in 
the low lying storm clouds.

I missed the Sunday morning gathering of Venus, Saturn , Regulus and 
the moon.

Though we had some rain, the wind on the beach and watching the white 
caps on the water, was a fantastic way to celebrate Thanksgiving in 
October, the water was cool , but the day time temps up to 20C, which 
for Ontario set many records.  We also had my daughter and brother 
come out for Turkey dinner, which was great having Thanksgiving  
dinner with nature and family.

If we can't see the stars, we can be with the rest of nature too.

I am glad that some people were able to see the meteor showers, 
perhaps we will get clear skies for the Orionids.

Kim 

  > Hi folks, 
> 
> I observed three nights in a row to check the activity of the obscure 'October Camelopardalids' (morning session) and 'Giacobinids'. Raw results: 
> 
> October 05 - 06 UT (01.25 - 04.00 UT). 
> Teff: 2,57 hours/ 41 meteors: 3 OCA's - 1 ORI - 37 Sporadics. Mean LM: ~6.5
> 
> October 06 - 07 UT (21.25 - 00.25 UT)
> Teff: 3,00 hours/ 58 meteors: 3 DAU - 1 GIA - 5 TAU - 2 ORI and 47 sporadics. Mean LM: ~6.5-6.6
> 
> October 07 - 08 UT (19.45 - 21.30 UT)
> Teff 1,75 hours/ 5 sporadics. Mean LM: ~6.3 
> 
> Last night was very difficult with the fog rising during the observations. I observed no Giacobinid activity at all. October 6-7 produced one slow Giacobinid. Also the other typical autumn showers (Orionids and Taurids) were active with several meteors.
> 
> Long trains,
> 
> Michel. 
> Belgium
> 
> 
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