(meteorobs) Orionids from GA

[Paul Jones]

Great to see back 'online", Kimbo.  I tried diligently to observe again
this morning, but our lovely high pressure system down here  started to
break down too quickly and allowed lots of coastal clouds to wander in off
the Atlantic and ruin my show.   I started out like gangbusters, seeing 14
Orionids in the first 15 minutes (4:15 - 4:30 EDT).  I thought I was in for
a great show, but then they suddenly dried up and I only saw four more in
the next thrity minutes before the clouds came in wiped me out.  Our
forecasts are for even more coastal clouds coming in over the next few
days, so I think I'm done for this go around.  It was great to get out
though and dedicate what I did to see to meteor Wayne, however.  Will you
shoot for the Leonids next month and/or the Geminids beyond?

Clear skies, Paul in St. Augustine.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Kim Youmans <meteorsga at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> My plans were to finally have an actual meteor observing session Sunday
> morning, but after driving out to my observing site I found a locked gate.
>  I rushed home and set things up, but then realized I could not see Orion
> from my back yard for the trees, so I couldn't trace the paths back
> accurately.  With about a 25% field obstruction, I just settled back for a
> couple hours and enjoyed the show, putting my tape recorder back in its
> bag.
> Honestly, I thought I saw more non-Orionids and like Paul Jones, most of
> the Orionids I did see were on the faint side but there were a few brighter
> ones.  Many trains were seen and around 4:30 AM local time I saw the best
> meteor of the night, a medium-speed two-second sporadic traveling N-S that
> might have been a -3, with a train, traveling very low along the western
> horizon.
>
> My limited impression was this seemed like a typical return of the Wayne
> Hallids, I mean, Orionids.  It was sure nice to be back out under the stars
> even if I didn't get to make any real observations.
>
> Kim Youmans
> East Central GA, USA
>
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> *From:* Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca>
> *To:* RASCals Discussion List <rascals at lists.rasc.ca>
> *Cc:* Meteor science and meteor observing <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> *Sent:* Sun, October 21, 2012 12:42:12 PM
> *Subject:* (meteorobs) Orionids
>
> Rascals:
>     Mostly cloudy with haze over Courtenay, B.C. last night so I didn't
> set up any spectrographs.  Would liked to have recorded an Orionid spectrum
> but this is the luck of this game at this time of year.  Not having much
> luck with our weather so no spectra for sometime, rats!
>     I just received a notice that the Meteoritical Society has a new home
> page at: meteoriticalsociety.org <http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org>
> Worth a look if your interested in meteorites and meteors.
> Clear skies, I wish!
> Ed Majden
>
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