(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. Nov. 14th, Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

         Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
            Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W
                             November 14th, 2010

On the night of November 13/14, I was able to see a nice Southern
Taurid Fireball that was about -4 magnitude and low in the NNW near
the star Gamma Cygni. It gave off sparks and had a yellow-green-blue
color. Later, I was able to observe meteors from 6:55 UT until 8:55
UT and saw 28 meteors, but only 4 were Leonids. Other than sporadics,
most of the meteors were Taurids, with 5 seen from the NTA, and 2
seen from the STA. The best meteor of the session was a -1 magnitude
yellow-green NTA seen at 7:38 am EST. The best of the four Leonids
seen was a 0 magnitude yellow LEO seen at 7:10 UT that had a 2 second
train. The observing conditions were only fair to good, with a limiting
magnitude average of 6.0 with 5% clouds and some haze. Both nights were
still not bad considering the conditions.


    Date    Time (UT)  LM  Obst. NTA STA LEO SPO Total  Commments
11/14/10  6:55-7:55  5.8  10%    2   2   2   9   15    some haze
11/14/10  7:55-8:55  6.2   0%    3   0   2   8   13    some haze


Magnitude Distributions
     -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
NTA  1   0   1   0   3   0   0    5   1.8
STA  0   1   1   0   0   0   0    2   0.5
LEO  0   1   0   1   1   1   0    4   2.2
SPO  0   0   2   6   3   5   1   17   2.6

Clear Skies,
GWG