(meteorobs) Observation November 1/2 2010

Pierre Martin pmartin at teksavvy.com
Fri Dec 3 01:28:33 EST 2010


Here's my report for the late evening of November 1.  I was on for two  
hours before local midnight under decent skies, at the Fred Lossing  
Observatory site near Almonte.  Present was Ron St-Martin and Sanjeev  
Sivarulrasa.  Temperature was +3C.

In the two hours of effective time, I saw 19 meteors (10 sporadics, 5  
North Taurids, 3 South Taurids and one possible Eta Taurid as  
described from Bob Lunsford's weekly meteor outlook).

Two fireballs were seen.  The first was a mag -3 South Taurid at  
11:49pm EDT that traced a long 30 degrees path near Jupiter.  It has  
no flares or wake at all... just a very smooth brightness along the  
way.  The second was seen just 6 minutes late... a mag -3 possible Eta  
Taurid that scooted past the bright star Capella.

Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario


DATE: November 1/2 2010
BEGIN: 02:00 UT (22:00 EDT) END: 04:10 UT (00:10 EDT)
OBSERVER: Pierre Martin (MARPI)
LOCATION: Long: -76 15' 50" West; Lat: 45 15' 2" North
City & Province: Almonte, Ontario, CANADA
RECORDING METHOD: talking clock/tape recorder, plotting
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:_______________________________radiant position

NTA (North Taurids)_____________________________03:12 (048) +21
STA (South Taurids)_____________________________03:16 (049) +12
ORI (Orionids)__________________________________06:48 (102) +16
ETT (Eta Taurids - IMO video)___________________04:04 (061) +24
BCN (Beta Cancrids - IMO video)_________________07:32 (113) -10

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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen; / = shower not observed

PERIOD(UT)___Teff___LM____SPO_NTA_STA_ORI_ETT_BCN

02:00-03:05__1.02___6.45___6___3___1___/___0___/
03:05-04:10__1.04___6.48___4___2___2___/___1___/

TOTALS:______2.06_________10___5___3___/___1___/  = 19


Note: The first column (Period UT) refers to the observed periods, in  
Universal Time. The second column (TEFF) is the effective observing  
time, it is minutes/60. The column (LM) is the average naked eye  
limiting magnitude, determined by the triangle star counts method. All  
following columns indicate the number of meteors for each shower  
observed.
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER
_____-3__-2__-1___0__+1__+2__+3__+4__+5______AVE

SPO___0___0___0___0___2___1___1___4___2_____+3.30
NTA___0___0___0___0___0___3___0___2___0_____+2.80
STA___1___0___0___0___1___0___0___0___1_____+1.00
ETT___1___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0_____-3.00


Note: Magnitude -8 is comparable to a quarter moon, magnitude -4 with  
the planet Venus, magnitude -1 with the brightest star Sirius,  
magnitude +2 to +3 with most average naked eye stars and magnitude +6  
to +7 are the faintest stars the naked eye can see under typical dark  
conditions. A meteor of at least magnitude -3 is considered a fireball  
(IMO definition). The above table contains the magnitudes from all  
observed meteors, and the average (last column) for showers.
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SKY OBSCURED (FOV) (UT):  None

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Dead time: 2.5 min (breaks) + 3.81 min (plotting) = 6.31 min

Breaks (UT): 2:37-39, 3:08 (30 sec)




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