(meteorobs) Obs: 09 October 2010

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Sat Oct 9 16:00:01 EDT 2010


09 October 2010 01:00-10:00 UT (08/09 Oct 08:00pm - 05:00am CDST)
Break: 03:00-04:50 UT; long break to rest eyes (one hour and 50 minutes; last 5 minutes looking at comet & Mira, etc.).  I did not have time to take a nap after coming home from work.
Short break: 06:50-07:00 UT (10 minutes)

I went out early to see if any Draconids might appear.  I saw only one.  

Draconids (GIA)
Orionids
South Taurids
Sporadics

~07:40 pm CDST while waiting for it to get dark I saw a very long, mag -4 orange South Taurid which broke up in bright twilight over Ames in the Southwest.

01:00-02:00 UT 67 deg F; dew pt 58 deg F; wind S 7 mph; clear; LM 5.5; still some twilight in West; facing N 55 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
GIA: one: +2  yellow
S Taurids: none
Sporadics: two: +3(2)
Total meteors: three

02:00-03:00 UT 66 deg F; dew pt 58 deg F; wind S 7 mph; clear; LM 5.6; facing N 55 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
GIA: none
S Taurids: none
Sporadics: five: -1; +2(2); +3(2)
Total meteors: five

Long break: 03:00-04:50 UT

04:50-05:50 UT 56 deg F; dew pt 54 deg F; wind calm; LM 5.6; facing NE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: none
S Taurids: two: -1; +1
Sporadics: three: +2; +3(2)
Total meteors: five

05:50-06:50 UT 56 deg F; dew pt 54 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.7; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionid: one: 0
S Taurid: one: +3
Sporadics: four: +1; +2(2); +4
Total meteors: six

Break: 06:50-07:00 UT

07:00-08:00 UT 55 deg F; dew pt 53 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.6; facing ENE 50 deg;l total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionid: one: +4
S Taurids: two: +2; +3
Sporadics: five: 0; +3(4)
Total meteors: eight

08:00-09:00 UT 54 deg F; dew pt 52 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.6; facing ENE 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: none
S Taurids: none
Sporadics: nine: -1(2); +1; +3(4); +4(2)
Total meteors: nine

09:00-10:00 UT 52 deg F; dew pt 51 deg F; wind calm; heavy dew; some horizon haze; LM 5.6; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: three: +3; +4(2)
S Taurids: one: +1
Sporadics: twelve: +1(2); +2(3); +3(5); +4(2)
Total meteors: sixteen








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