(meteorobs) Big Battle, NWS vs ClearSkyClock

[Bruce McCurdy]

It's cleared off here in Edmonton, so I'll be going for some late Orionids 
tonight. Radiant rises around 22:15, the Moon just before 23:00. Worse, the 
Moon is still only about 25 degrees from the radiant.  As Pierre says, at 
least it's on the wane, having passed through third quarter in the past 24 
hours meaning that the sub-solar point (the brightest area of a gibbous 
moon, 90 deg. from the terminator) is no longer in view. So it will be a 
nuisance but hardly spoil the show. I'll just have to park my car carefully 
and choose my observing direction wisely. :)

Two years ago Alister and I got some very nice Orionids on the 24th, so it's 
well worth the pursuit, moon or no moon.

Bruce
*****

PS: Congrats on the -12, Wayne. Always nice to hear one of the conscientious 
meteor watchers of the world get rewarded once in awhile.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Martin" <dob14.5 at sympatico.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Big Battle, NWS vs ClearSkyClock


>
> Hi Wayne,
>
> A -12 !!  Wow, you lucky dog :0)  It sure looks like a nice clear
> hole will be parked above New Jersey tonight so maybe you'll luck in
> and get another ORI flash bulb? ;0)
>
> After I had a successful Sunday morning session, I got washed-out for
> the past two nights.  Tonight is also hopelessly rained out.  But I'm
> very hopeful for tomorrow night and possibly Friday morning --
> looking forward to a few hours tEFF in before dawn.
>
> Good luck to you and all with post-max Orionids... at least the
> Moon's waning :0)
>
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario
>
>
>
> On 21-Oct-08, at 7:07 PM, meteoreye at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> For this morning (morning of the 22nd) the NWS (National Weather
>> Service) suggests I can get some sleep (desperately needed) tonight
>> (Partly Cloudy), while the CSC (based on the Canadian models)  says
>> I should be prepared for all night clear skies.
>>
>> I will start my nap and wake up about midnight and see how it is
>> developing!!
>>
>> ORI radiant reaches 30 degrees elevation at ~ 1AM EDT here, and
>> moon rises around 0030 EDT (0430 UT).
>>
>> I'm still processing obs from two mornings ago, haven't even been
>> able to enter them to IMO online or report full obs here. More
>> clear skies will put me further behind. Oh well, better to collect
>> the observations thatn be clouded out!!!
>>
>> Wayne in NJ, USA
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