(meteorobs) October 22-23: Orionids on their way back...

[Pierre Martin]

Hello Koen and all,

Here, I was able to cover the period 6-10 UT this morning under good  
skies (mag about 6.3).  Quite an enjoyable night.  My quick  
impression is that the Orionids were slightly enhanced in rates, and  
with a number of bright ones (up to mag -2).  But there sure was lots  
of Orionids at mag +4 and +5.  The faint meteors continued to be seen  
even after the Moon was well up :)  Rates seemed down towards dawn.

The Leo Minorids made an appearance, and I think one of my cameras  
captured at least one of the bright ones... and possibly even two!

Taurids were also particularly active, but no fireballs.

This is also just a rough impression, and I need to listen to my tape  
recorder.  But first, I need to catch up on badly needed sleep.   
Tomorrow morning is forecast to be the last clear morning we get here  
before clouds take over for a few days.

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario




On 23-Oct-08, at 4:34 AM, Koen Miskotte wrote:

> Hi Michel,
> In the Netherlands we were not so lucky with the weather. The idea  
> was to
> observe in the period 20-5 UT, but due to clouds and even some small
> rainshowers I  could only observe between 1:25 and 4:50 UT. I got the
> impression  during the first hour the Orionid activity was  bit  
> enhanced. In
> that period I counted  6-8 bright Orionids between +1 and -2  
> besides the
> weak Orionids The last two hours Orionid activity returned to a normal
> level. But, I still have to listen to my digital voice recorder,  
> this is
> only an impression I got in the field.
> Best wishes, Koen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michel Vandeputte" <michelvandeputte at hotmail.com>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:59 AM
> Subject: (meteorobs) October 22-23: Orionids on their way back...
>
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just enjoyed a 9-hour observing marathon.
>> The Orionids seems to become normal now with many weak shower members
>> (magnitude -1 at best).
>> I guess a ZHR around ~20-25. Data will follow on the IMO ZHR on fly.
>>
>> Clear skies and Long trains above USA now!
>>
>>
>> Michel
>> Belgium.
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