(meteorobs) Obs: 16 October 2010

[pmartsching at mchsi.com]

16 October 2010 06:5-10:15 UT (15/16 Oct 01:15 - 05:15 am CDST)

McFarland Park Observatory 4 miles NE of Ames, Story Co, Iowa, USA

Orionids
South Taurids
Sporadics

I began immediately after Moon set.

The usual hourly weather data from the weather station at the Ames airport not available for much of the time I was observing.  Temperature nearly steady: 46 deg F at beginning and still 46 deg F at end; dew point 37 deg F at beginning and 35 deg F at end; wind SE 7 mph at beginning; South 7 mph at end.

06:15-07:15 UT clear; LM 5.7; facing E 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: two: +1; +4
S Taurids: two: +1; +2
Sporadics: four: +1; +2; +3(2)
Total meteors: eight

07:15-08:15 UT clear; LM 5.6; facing E 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: five: -1; 0; +1; +2; +3
S Taurids: one: +3
Sporadics: three: +2(2); +3
Total meteors: nine

08:15-09:15 UT clear; LM 5.5; facing E 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: two: +2(2)
S Taurids: none
Sporadics: two: +1; +3
Total meteors: four

09:15-10:15 UT clear; LM 5.5; facing E 50 deg; total teff 1.0 hour.
Orionids: four: 0; +2; +3; +4
S Taurids: one: +2
Sporadics: six: -1; +2(2); +3(2); +4
Total meteors: eleven

Comet Hartley easier to see fuzz ball in binoculars.