(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. Oct. 25 & 26 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

     Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                 Mathias, West Virginia
               October 24/25 & 25/26, 2011

We were lucky to have mostly clear skies on October 24/25,
but only partly clear the next night. The best Orionid
seen during the formal observing was 0 magnitude, but a
-3 magnitude yellow Orionid was seen around 7:45 UT while
casual observing. On the first night, from 1:26 until
1:41 UT we saw a nice Aurora with vivid red colored
areas, and several white curtains in the NNW to the NE
ending near the star Capella.

Facing South FOV=04.5+05  6:02-7:02 UT both nights
              FOV=05.5+05  7:02-8:02 UT 10/25/11 only

10/25/11
Time (UT)  LM  Obst. NTA STA ETT ORI EGE BCN LMI SPO Total
6:02-7:02  6.4   0%   2   4   2   11  1   1   0   9   30
7:02-8:02  6.4   0%   2   3   1   15  1   1   1   9   33

10/26/11
Time (UT)  LM  Obst. NTA STA ETT ORI EGE BCN LMI SPO Total
7:00-8:05  5.7  20%   1   0   1   7   2   1   0   6   18

Magn. Distributions 10/25/11 (6:02-8:02 UT LM=6.4)
     -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
NTA  0   0   1   1   0   2   0    4    2.4
STA  0   0   0   2   4   1   0    7    2,9
ETT  0   0   0   0   1   0   2    3    3.3
ORI  0   1   4   7   4   7   3   26    2.1
EGE  0   0   0   2   0   0   0    2    2.0
BCN  0   0   0   0   1   1   0    2    3.5
LMI  0   0   0   2   0   0   0    1    2.0
SPO  0   0   5   3   5   3   2   18    2.6

Magn. Distributions 10/26/11 20% Obst.(6:02-7:02 UT LM=5.7)
     -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
NTA  0   0   0   1   0   0   0    1    2.0
STA  0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0    N/A
ETT  0   1   0   0   0   0   0    1    0.0
ORI  0   1   2   1   1   1   1    7    2.3
EGE  0   0   1   1   0   0   0    2    1.5
BCN  0   0   1   0   0   0   0    1    1.0
LMI  0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0    N/A
SPO  0   0   0   2   2   2   0    6    3.0

Starry Skies,
GWG