(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 10/13/12 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

   Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
               Mathias, West Virginia
                October 12/13, 2012

   We had a beautifully clear night all night Friday/
Saturday morning at our cabin at Mountain Meadows,
in Mathias, West Virginia. I was up most of the night
observing. Early Friday night we saw comet Hergenrother
with 25x100 binoculars, and a few casual meteors. Later
from 6:04 to 8:04 UT I did some formal meteor observing
seeing 8 STA, 10 Orionids, a few EGE, and 19 sporadics.
The best meteor was a beautiful -4 STA fireball with a
blue-green-yellow color and a 44 second train.  Awesome.

10/13/12 - FOV=6.6+17.5 - Facing SE Obst.20% trees & bldg.
Time (UT)  LM  Obst. STA ORI EGE PSI SPO Total Comments

6:04-7:04  6.4  20%   4   3   2   0   6   15  slight haze
7:04-8:04  6.4  20%   4   7   2   1  13   27    "     "

Magn. Distributions 10/13/12, 20% obstruction
(6:04-8:04 UT LM=6.4)
     -4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total Ave.
STA  1   0   0   0   1   1   0   1   3   1    8   2.1
ORI  0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2   6   10   4.2
EGE  0   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1   0    4   2.8
PSI  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0    1   4.0
SPO  0   0   0   1   0   1   2   6   5   4   19   2.9

Starry Skies,
GWG