(meteorobs) Leonids from Oregon 2010 November 17

[Wes Stone]

The Clear Sky Chart predicted average to below average transparency and up 
to 20% cloudiness, and it was more or less correct. I stuck it out for a 
very slow session. There was quite a bit of haze, but there were also some 
clearer spells. Unfortunately, the biggest clear spell coincided with a lull 
in meteor activity, and the Leonids never really took off. I saw 9 Leonids, 
3 North Taurids and 10 sporadics in 1.44 hours, and that was it. I had to 
take a 16 minute break in the middle of the watch when some fog settled in.

There were a few interesting meteors, including a red magnitude 0 North 
Taurid, a golden magnitud 0 sporadic, an earthgrazing +1 sporadic from a 
radiant low in the south, and a -3 Leonid (the only Leonid I saw during a 
lull that lasted half an hour).

Summary Report for the whole session (already submitted an interval report 
to IMO)
Observer: Wesley Stone (STOWE)
Location: Chiloquin, OR (42d 35m N, 121d 52m W)
Method: Counting/Paper
Date: 2010 November 17, 1146-1330UT (3:46 - 5:30 PST)

Teff: 1.44 hours
F: 1.08
LM: 6.14
Total Meteors: 22
STA: 0
NTA: 3 [0, +1, +2]
AMO: 0
LEO: 9 [-3, -2, 0, +1, +2(3), +3, +5] mean=1.1
Spo: 10 [0, +1(4), +3(3), +4(2)] mean=2.1


--
So he slept on a mountain.
In a sleeping bag underneath the stars
he would lie awake and count them.
And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way
would never let him die alone.
--Wilco