(meteorobs) Video Observations from Southern CA, November 19, 2009
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa at cox.net
Thu Nov 19 16:30:43 EST 2009
Fog rolled in shortly after dusk last night and it looked like the night would be a total loss. Around 10pm PST (6 UT) the cloud
cover began to thin and stars began to appear. It was partly cloudy until 4am, when the wind shifted to the east and blew all the
clouds out to sea. Only the last 85 minutes had completely clear skies. Still, it can be deduced that the Leonid activity was down
for a second night in a row and that the morning of the 17th was definitely the best for Leonid watchers.
PERIOD (UT) FOV Teff TOTAL SPO AMO AND LEO NOO NTA OER STA
0600-0700 055 +55 1.00 2* 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 1
0700-0800 070 +55 1.00 2* 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0800-0900 085 +55 1.00 2* 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0900-1000 100 +55 1.00 4* 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1000-1100 115 +55 1.00 6* 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
1100-1200 130 +55 1.00 5* 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1200-1325 150 +55 1.42 15 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 1
*Partly Cloudy Conditions
TOTALS 7.42 37 25 0 0 8 0 2 0 2
Nov 18 Totals 11.40 62 28 3 0 20 2 6 1 2
Nov 17 Totals 11.18 79 32 2 5 30 3 5 0 2
Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
AMO = Alpha Monocerotids
AND = Andromedids
LEO = Leonids
NOO = November Orionids
NTA = Northern Taurids
OER = Omicron Eridanids
STA = Southern Taurids
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