(meteorobs) Orionid Prospects?

[meteoreye at comcast.net]

I've counted 8 in about 5 hours Teff before the full moon.
Report coming later this afternoon.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Bill Godley <wwgj180 at yahoo.com> 

> Thanks for not giving up when the provider ate your homework. Maybe with a 
> little luck I can bag a few dozen Orionids during the 2nd half of the week. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: "meteoreye at comcast.net" 
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum 
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:28:46 PM 
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Orionid Prospects? 
> 
> I hate Comcast. This is my second time typing this reply, they ate the first 
> one. 
> 
> For you the morning of the 21st, moonrise is midnight CDT with the ORI radiant 
> at 20 degrees elevation. It's only 15 or 20 degrees away. 
> Morning of 22nd, moonrise is 1 AM with radiant at 30 degrees (half the ZHR if 
> you have +6.5 skies) 
> Morning of the 23rd, Moonrise 2:15 AM witth radiant ~ 40 degrees. 
> 
> If the pattern of the last 2 years holds, ZHR was >25 from Sol Long 207-211 
> which is morning of 20th to morning of 24th. ZHR > 50 from morning of 21st to 
> 23rd. So there is some time available after the "official" peak. 
> 
> Wayne 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Bill Godley 
> 
> > I have been itching to get out and observe (just some SPOs and an occassional 
> > bright TAU would be nice) but lately something always seems to get in the way 
> . 
> > I tried to get some time late last week into the weekend but to no avail. Now, 
> > I have my sights set on the Orionids. I studied Bob Lunsford's write-up on the 
> > AMS site. I know pre-peak looks pretty bleak, but it looks like there will be 
> > some moonless, post-midnight hours on the following nights. Looking at the 
> 2006 
> > profile data, rates were still pretty good for the nights in question. Any 
> > reason not to believe they will be so this year? Anyone care to comment? 
> > 
> > I'll be looking either way. 
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > Bill Godley 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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