(meteorobs) Orionids performed great!

[Koen Miskotte]

Hello Mitja,
The interval you mentioned is 24 hours before my observing window (20 
october 1:40 'till 4:48 UT).
Best wishes, koen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "antarespk" <antarespk at yahoo.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Orionids performed great!


> 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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