(meteorobs) Orionids performed great!

Roberto Haver R.HAVER at mclink.it
Mon Oct 20 10:22:53 EDT 2008


Hi,
I and an other observer have made of the recordings video from the 18UT the 04UT. We have much Orioinds in the second part of the night. As soon as possible I write the result.
Roberto Haver

> ==========================
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:14:23 +0200
> From: "Koen Miskotte" <koen.miskotte at versatel.nl>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Orionids performed great!
> ==========================
> 
> Hello Michel, list
> Just finished listening to my digital voice recorder. Result:
> Date: 19/20 october 2008
> Period : 1:40 to 4:48 UT
> Teff : 3,13 hour
> 48 Orionids, 3 NTA, 2 STA, 2 LMI, 2 EGE, 29 SPO (total 87 meteors)
> 
> List with bright Orionids (and other meteors):
> 1:54 UT -1 Ori train 2 s (Perseus)
> 1:56 UT +1 Ori train 1 s (Cassiopeia)
> 2:22 UT +1 STA (Andromeda)
> 2:26 UT +1 Ori train 1 s (Cassiopeia)
> 2:26 UT -2 blue yellow Ori train 3 s (Pisces)
> 2:37 UT 0 Ori train 2 s (Cepheus)
> 2:40 UT +1 Ori train 1 s (Ursa Minor)
> 3:14 UT 0 Ori train 1 s (Perseus)
> 3:16 UT +1 Ori train 1 s (Draco)
> 3:23 UT +1 Ori train (Perseus)
> 3:26 UT +1 Ori train 1 s (Cassiopeia)
> 3:46 UT +1 Ori train (Cepheus)
> 4:03 UT -1 Ori train 2 s (Cepheus)
> 4:21 UT -2 Ori train 3 seconds, flare, white (Ursa Minor)
> 4:41 UT +1 Ori train (Aries)
> 4:45 UT 0 LMI train 2 s (Ursa Minor)
> 
> Two special moments: at 3:28 UT within 2 seconds 2 Orionids of 
> +3 and +4.
> And at 3:35 UT two Orionids within 20 seconds of magnitude +3.
> I'm really curious if the Orionid activity stay's at a high level.
> My hourly counts and other data of this night you'll find here:
> http://umdb.urania.be/v2/obsview/view.php?id=4062
> Orionid ZHR live curve: http://www.imo.net/live/orionids2008/
> 
> Best wishes,
> Koen
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michel Vandeputte" <michelvandeputte at hotmail.com>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Orionids performed great!
> 
> 
> > 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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