(meteorobs) HALWA at NJAA Oct 18 2008

Michel Vandeputte michelvandeputte at hotmail.com
Sat Oct 18 09:18:16 EDT 2008


Hi Wayne,

I know...that  moonlight was terrible ;-)
Anyway; I observed one hour before work (between 2:30-3.30 UT) and counted 
about 5 Orionids. Nothing special is going on (for the moment)

Kind regards,

Michel.
Belgium
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Subject: (meteorobs) HALWA at NJAA Oct 18 2008


> You never know when it will be clear so I battled the moon.
> All meteors counted, using alignmnet cord for shower association.
> My impression was, even allowing for the moon, the Orionids were quite 
> slow.
> Moon: 83% illumintaed Mag -11.5 75 d elevation at start, 63 d at end.
> Estimated LM by recording faintest star I could see in my FOV since LM 
> areas were useless.
> 2 flashing satellites noted, 3 jets. No katydids, they may be done for the 
> year,
> or it my just have been too cold. Temp +39, no dew or frost at NJAA, but 
> frost and
> dew on the car at home.
>
> NJAA Oservatory as usual in High Bridge NJ 74d53m54s W 40d 40m 52s N 
> (25186)
>
> Showers:
>
> shower ORI 093 +16
> shower NTA 037 +18 (None Observed)
> shower STA 039 +12  (None Observed)
> shower EGE 102 +27
> shower LMI 156 +37 (None Observed)
> shower     XGE 108 +12 v59 (Sirko Molau's shower #46)
>
> UT Time      Teff      LM    ORI  EGE  XGE  SPO  TOT  Met/Hr
> 0732-0847 1.250 +4.70      2       0        1        0      3       2.4
> 0847-1002 1.250 +4.70      2       1        0        1      4       3.2
> ----------------
> 0732-1002 2.500 +4.70      4       1        1        1      7       2.8
>
> Total 7 meteors (2.8/Hr) Avg Mag +1.50
>
> 4 ORI (1.6/Hr) Avg Mag +1.88
> 1 EGE (0.8/Hr) Mag +2
> 1 XGE (0.8/Hr) Mag -2
> 1 SPO (0.8/Hr) Mag +3
>
> Wayne
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