(meteorobs) Orionids performed great!

[Michel Vandeputte]

Hi all,

I share the same impressions as Koen. Lots of bright meteors during the 
first intervals (started at 22:46 UT on October 19, stopped at 04:30UT with 
a short break for cirrus clouds) with magnitudes up to -2. Many trains. At 
the end I had also the impression that the activity was slowing down a bit; 
also the brightness of the meteors decreased. But this could be also the 
fact that the moon was interfering the observations much more...

Long trains,

Michel.
Belgium



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Koen Miskotte" <koen.miskotte at versatel.nl>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:05 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids performed great!


> Hi,
> Just back of my observing site to observe the Orionids. After a lot of 
> cirrus sky cleared partly in north western direction. In that direction I 
> had no cloud in my filed of view. I have not listen to my digital voice 
> recorder yet, but the Orionids were great, many bright ones  I have seen 
> between magnitude +1 and -2. I estimated 15-20 Orionids an hour with 
> limiting magnitudes between 5.7 and 5.4. During the last hour I had the 
> impression rates were slightly slowing down.
> So American observers , go out and see if the show is goining on!
> Best wishes and good luck!
> Koen
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