(meteorobs) HALWA at NJAA Oct 23 and 24

[meteoreye at comcast.net]

I have decided to combine the two days in one post, since the morning of the 24th only lasted an hour due to cirrus from a storm forming to our south.

I'll only list the shower positions for the first night since there's only a degree of change at most.

Previous header info applies for obs at the NJAA.

Shower positions:

Shwr, RA,Dec
ORI 096 +16
NTA 041 +19
STA 042 +13
EGE 107 +27
LMI 161 +38 (none observed, omitted from chart below)
XGE 104 +11 (Sirko Molau's IMO voideo radiant number 64)

UT Date October 23

UT Time     Teff    LM  ORI NTA STA EGE XGE SPO TOT 
Met/Hr ORI/Hr
0623-0735 1.20 +5.76   9      3      3       2      1      5      23    
19.2   7.5
0735-0756 0.35 +5.78  11     0      0       0      1      0      12    
37.1   31.4
0756-0908 1.20 +5.68  11    0       1       2      0      5      19    
15.8    9.2
0908-1008 1.00 +5.64  12     0      0       0      0      4      16    
16.0    12.0
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0623-1008 3.75 +5.71  43     3      4      4       2     14     71    
18.9    11.5

30% illum moon, rising from 7 to 46 degrees elevation. Reduced LM toward morning.
10 Orionids has trains => 1 sec. 1 LMI did as well.

Total 71 meteors (18.9/Hr) Avg mag +2.54

43 Orionids (11.5/Hr) Avg Mag +2.14
ORI 0623-0735 (9) Avg Mag +2.61
ORI 0735-0756 (11) Avg Mag +2.05
ORI 0756-0908 (11) Avg Mag +1.41
ORI 0908-1008 (12) Avg Mag +2.54

14 SPO (3.7/Hr) Avg Mag +3.39
5 EGE (1.3/Hr) Avg Mag +2.40
4 STA (1.1/Hr) Avg Mag +2.75
3 NTA (0.8/Hr) Avg Mag +2.75
2 XGE (0.5/Hr) Avg Mag +4.25


UT Date Oct 24

No LMI seen, they were looked for

UT Time     Teff    LM ORI NTA STA EGE XGE SPO TOT (1 hour total)
0726-0826 1.00 +5.66  8      3       0      1      1       5     18

Moon a minor factor this morning. Very this cirrus reduced LM at start, and solid cirrus layer ended session.

18 meteors, Avg Mag +2.75

8 ORI, Avg Mag +2.50
5 SPO Avg Mag +4.00
3 NTA Avg Mag +2.1
1 EGE Mag +1
1 XGE Mag +2

Wayne