(meteorobs) Orionids performed great!

[Shy Halatzi]

We had a 40 minutes window of observation from the mountains near Jerusalem,
with lm=5.2. From 2300-2340 UT only two orionids were seen, but they were
impressive, long and swift, one of them at magnitude -1.

Clear skies to all observers,
Shy

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM, antarespk <antarespk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all!!!
>
> I didn't have so much luck, as Koen and Michael. I observed between
> 00:39 and 02:40 UT on October 19 from Slovenia and saw only 11
> Orionids in 1,45h teff. Meteors were not bright, mostly between
> magnitude +3 and +4. Only one was negative. Sky was totaly clear with
> limiting magnitudes between 5,8 and 5,9.
> CS, Mitja
>
> --- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, "Michel Vandeputte"
> <michelvandeputte at ...> wrote:
> >
> > 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 ...>
> > To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at ...>
> > 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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שי חלצי Shy Halatzi
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