(meteorobs) Recent meteor activity

[Paul Jones]

Yes indeed, Sam.  In fact, it was the combination of recent video and radio
reports that inspired me to get out and take a peek visually this morning to
see what might be going on.  It's early yet and I don't want to get
my expectations up too high too quickly,  but hopefully, we will be in for a
good showing from the Orionids this year.   Seems as if there is lots of
potential.  I figure I'll be able to judge better what's going on visually
in the morning when I get out for a longer watch.  Will try for two hours if
my "true grit" will allow it, that is...;o).

Clear skies, Paul in north Florida

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Sam Barricklow <k5kj at mac.com> wrote:

> I'm hearing quite a few meteor radio echoes this morning here in the DFW
> Metroplex in Texas, including frequent echoes lasting 10+ seconds on 55.239
> MHz (TV analog video carrier for channel 2).
>
>  Sam Barricklow
>
>  On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:41 AM, Paul Jones wrote:
>
> I just got in from a 30 minute casual watch from my driveway here in St.
> Augustine and did surprisingly well, considering for the still pretty bright
> moon light.  From 4:45 to 5:15 a.m. local time, I had 9 Orionids and 3
> sporadics in the the 30 minutes.  One of the Orionids was a lovely zero
> magnitude with a nice train.  Two other Orionids were second magnitude.
>
>
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