(meteorobs) Draconids on October 8, 2007 from Northern Nevada

[Robin Gray]

I went out on the evening of October 7 (morning
October 8, Universal Time) to try to catch a predicted
peak of Draconid actiity to take place around 4:00UT.
I saw no Draconids in a two hour observation period
bracketing this time. What I did see is shown below.

October 8, 2007 Paradise Hill, Nevada, 20 miles north
of Winnemucca. Longitude 117 degrees 37' 30" West;
Latitude 41 degrees 15' 0" North.

UT Period   Field   F   LM   DAU   GIA   SPO

3:29-4:31   60N    1.0  6.24  1     0     8

4:31-5:34   60N    1.0  6.34  2     0     7


Total Meteors: 18


Magnitude Distribution:

Shower  -1   0  1  2  3  4  5

DAU          1  1     1

SPO      1      1  2  1  8  2



Robin Gray
Winnemucca, Nevada   

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