(meteorobs) Orionids October 21/22 from Oregon

[Wes Stone]

I went out to observe for two hours on the morning of the 22nd. My tape 
recorder ate the first seven minutes of my observation, so my Teff came in a 
bit under 2 hours. Orionid activity seemed pretty normal but somewhat 
bright. I was surprised at the faint LMs that I was able to achieve with the 
Moon up; certainly the sky contrast for extended objects wasn't as good as a 
moonless LM=6.7 sky.

The brightest meteors were -2, an Orionid and a nice slow South Taurid with 
a violet tinge. Most of the brighter Orionids were blue. The Leo Minorids 
produced several nice meteors, including a very long-pathed one early in the 
observation when the radiant was low. North Taurids were pretty active, and 
Epsilon Geminids showed up as well. Sporadic activity was rather poor, but 
there was a very nice slow magnitude 0 sporadic.

Report follows (IMO electronic form already filled out).

Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting: Watch/Tape recorder
Date: 2008 October 21/22

Interval 1: 0845-0941 UT
Teff: 0.92 hours
F: 1.00
LM: 6.7
Total Meteors: 28
NTA: 2
STA: 1
ORI: 18
EGE: 2
LMI: 1
Spo: 4

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Interval 2: 0946-1049UT
Teff: 1.04 hours
F: 1.11
LM: 6.6
Total Meteors: 29
NTA: 2
STA: 1
ORI: 17
EGE: 2
LMI: 2
Spo: 5

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Magnitude Distribution, 0845 -1049 UT

NTA: +1(1), +2(1), +3(1), +4(1) Total: 4, Mean: 2.5
STA: -2(1), +1(1) Total: 2, Mean: -0.5
ORI: -2(1), -1(2), 0(4), +1(8), +2(5), +3(8), +4(5), +5(2) Total: 35, Mean: 
1.9
EGE: 0(1), +2(1), +3(1), +4(1) Total: 4, Mean: 2.2
LMI: 0(1), +1(1), +2(1) Total: 3, Mean: 1.0
Spo: 0(1), +1(1), +2(1), +3(1), +4(4), +5(1) Total: 9, Mean: 3.0


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